morph
/mɔː(ɹ)f/
morph noun: a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds representing an indivisible morphological form; especially as representing a morpheme.
Noun (1)
morph (plural morphs)
- A recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds representing an indivisible morphological form; especially as representing a morpheme.
- Bq. ezpel ['box tree'] likely goes back to *ez-, a morph found in Basque tree names, and *-bel 'dark'.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 482
- An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.
Noun (2)
morph (plural morphs)
- A variety of a species, distinguishable from other individuals of the species by morphology or behaviour.
- Briefly, the yellow morphic males can change their status from paired to satellite and from satellite to the paired one. However, they cannot cross into the status of the red morph.2010, T.J. Pandian, Sexuality in Fishes, page 51
Verb
morph (third-person singular simple present morphs, present participle morphing, simple past and past participle morphed)
- To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.
- To shapeshift.
- Meta leapt forward. In midair his lower half morphed, and suddenly he was one-half humanoid, one-half coiled spring.1993, Peter David, The Siege
- "Would it reflect badly on women if I morphed my bust size up a bit for it? Sorta like wearing a padded bra?"2015 January 30, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive - EGS:NP (webcomic), Comic for Friday, Jan 30, 2015
- To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.
- By the time politicians in several cities backed down on Tuesday and announced that they would cut or consider reducing fares, the demonstrations had already morphed into a more sweeping social protest, with marchers waving banners carrying slogans like “The people have awakened.”June 18 2013, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Jun 2013
- “Highbrow and lowbrow, alternative and mainstream, work and play, CEO and hipster are all morphing together today,” [Richard] Florida enthuses.2014, Astra Taylor, quoting Richard Florida, chapter 2, in The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN
Noun (3)
morph (plural morphs)
Noun (4)
morph (uncountable)
- Morphine.
- They're bringing you some morph before long. […] The tube has its own needle, and the medic jabs it in like he has done it a million times, then marks Chickenfeed's forehead so the Rear will know he's already had morphine.2008, Donald Bodey, F.N.G., page 103
Noun (5)
morph (plural morphs)
- A hermaphrodite, an intersex person.
- I am seeking to correspond with a TV [transvestite] or a natural morph. I want them to be passive (I'm totally non-violent) but open in feelings and ideas. I need no financial support, only moral support from a person with small sex parts.1990 April 7, Roy Vance, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 18
morph meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
morph in Hindi
- मॉर्फ, मोर्फ, मोरफ़
morph in Tamil
- உருபு, மாற்றுருபு, உருவத் தோற்றம்
morph in Marathi
- मॉर्फ, मोर्फ, मॉर्फ करण्यासाठी
morph in Urdu
- مورف
More languagesFewer languages
- morph in Bengali
- মরফ, মর্ফ, মোর্ফ
- morph in Telugu
- మార్ఫ్, మోర్ఫ్
- morph in Malayalam
- മോർഫ്, മോർഫിലേക്ക്, മോർഫ് ചെയ്യാൻ
- morph in Kannada
- ಮಾರ್ಫ್, ಮೋರ್ಫ್, ಮೊರ್ಫ್
- morph in Punjabi
- ਮੋਰਫ਼, ਮੋਰਫ, ਮਾਰਫ਼
- morph in Gujarati
- મોર્ફ, મોરફ, મૉર્ફ
- morph in Odia
- ମୋର୍ଫ, ମର୍ଫ, ମାର୍ଫ
- morph in Nepali
- मोर्फ, मोरफ, मोर्फ गर्न
Examples of morph in a sentence
- This calamity morphed into a mud flow kilometers long that smothered a village.
- Some businesses morph and transform, closing and reopening spaces to keep up with changes.
- Organizers are scrambling to make sure the conference does not morph into a superspreader event.
Forms of morph
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | morphs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | morphs |
| present participle | morphing |
| past participle | morphed |
| past | morphed |
Origin of morph
Back-formation from morpheme, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”). Compare German Morph, from Morphem. Attested since the 1940s.
Back-formation from morphism. Attested since the 1950s. See also morphology.
Clipping of metamorphose.
Words formed from morph
Words that rhyme with morph
Questions about morph
- What does morph mean?
- Morph means a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds representing an indivisible morphological form; especially as representing a morpheme.
- What is morph in Hindi?
- Morph in Hindi is मॉर्फ, मोर्फ, मोरफ़. See Morph meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is morph?
- Morph can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce morph?
- Morph is pronounced /mɔː(ɹ)f/.
- What is the plural of morph?
- The plural of morph is morphs.
Words near morph in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: morph (page history and authors); morph (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morph (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); morph (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morph (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morph (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morph (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morph (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morph (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morph (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morph (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morph (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morph (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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