metamorphosis
101metamorphosis — Synonyms and related words: avatar, catabolism, catalysis, consubstantiation, displacement, heterotopia, metabolism, metagenesis, metamorphism, metastasis, metathesis, metempsychosis, mutant, mutated form, mutation, permutation, reincarnation,… …
102METAMORPHOSIS — is a classical name for the changing of a human being into a beast, an inanimate object, or an element, stories of which are common in all folk lore …
103metamorphosis — met·a mor·pho·sis || ‚metÉ™mÉ”rfÉ™sɪs / É”Ëf n. change in form or structure; result of a complete change in appearance; change or succession of changes in an organism which enables it to survive in a new environment (Zoology); change in… …
104metamorphosis — A transformation, as by magic. To metamorphose is to change in appearance, character, condition, or function. In biology, a change in the form and perhaps the habits of an animal during its normal life cycle, as, in insects, the transformation …
105metamorphosis — I. v. a. Transform, transmute, transfigure, change the form of. II. n. Transformation, transmutation, transfiguration, change of form, metaphysis …
106metamorphosis — n 1. transformation, transub stantiation, translation, transfiguration; mutation, transmutation, metastasis, transmogrification, metaplasia. 2. change, alteration, permutation, modification; change of heart, change of allegiance or conviction,… …
107metamorphosis — meta·mor·pho·sis …
108metamorphosis — [ˌmetəˈmɔːfəsɪs] (plural metamorphoses [ˌmetəˈmɔːfəsiːz] ) noun [C/U] formal a major change that makes someone or something very different …
109Vegetable metamorphosis — Metamorphosis Met a*mor pho*sis, n.; pl. {Metamorphoses}. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to be transformed; meta beyond, over + morfh form.] [1913 Webster] 1. Change of form, or structure; transformation. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) A change in the form or… …
110Metamorphosis, The — (German, Die Verwandlung), a short story (1915) by Franz Kafka. * * * …
