morph

muuttaa muotoa puhekieltä A physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds.
puhekieltä An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.
puhekieltä Local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour.
A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another.
puhekieltä To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.
(of fantastic beings in science fiction or fantasy) To shapeshift.
1993, w:Peter David|Peter David, The Siege:

Meta leapt forward. In midair his lower half morphed, and suddenly he was one-half humanoid, one-half coiled spring.

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.”