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Morph has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

A physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds.

"The doctor refused to administer morphine because the patient's condition had stabilized enough for pain management without strong opioids."

2

Local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour.

3

A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another.

4

morphine

Verb
1

cause to change shape in a computer animation

"The computer programmer morphed the image"

2

change shape as via computer animation

"In the video, Michael Jackson morphed into a panther"

3

To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.

"The character smoothly morphs from a wolf into a human as the scene transitions in the movie."

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
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Origin

The word "morph" is a back-formation from "morpheme," which itself comes from the Ancient Greek word morphē, meaning "form" or "shape." It has been in use since the 1940s.

Rhyming Words
rph scarph amorph bimorph dimorph myomorph otomorph isomorph anamorph apomorph zoomorph unimorph trimorph biomorph symmorph ecomorph neomorph polymorph ectomorph mesomorph
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