Verb

(en verb)

To change greatly the appearance or form of.

The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

* Shakespeare

Love may transform me to an oyster.

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To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.

* Bible, Romans xii. 2

Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.

(mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.

(electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.

(genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.

To undergo a transformation.

Verb

to separate the threads (of); disentangle

Stop playing with the seam of the tablecloth! You will unravel it.

Mother couldn't unravel the ball of wool after the cat had played with it.

to become undone; to collapse

* 2010 , Ian Cowie, "State pension Ponzi scheme unravels with retirement at 70", The Telegraph , June 24th, 2010,

*:The great Ponzi scheme that lies behind our State pension is unravelling – as they all do eventually – because money being taken from new investors is insufficient to honour promises issued to earlier generations.

New Ponzi Scheme Unravels !

(figurative) To clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve.

to unravel a plot

to unravel a mystery

to unravel the confusion

(figurative) To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse.

* Dryden

Art shall be conjured for it, and nature all unravelled .

''to unravel the global compromise achieved in the Constitutional Treaty

''to unravel the broad consensus which was created