morph
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology 1
Back-formation from morpheme.
[edit] Noun
morph (plural morphs)
- (linguistics) a morph is a physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence sounds.
- (linguistics) An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.
- (biology) Local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour.
[edit] Etymology 2
Shortening of metamorphose: to change in shape or form.
[edit] Verb
morph (third-person singular simple present morphs, present participle morphing, simple past and past participle morphed)
- (colloquial) To change shape, of one form to another, through computer animation.
- (colloquial) To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.
