morph

Pronunciation: môrf

n.	1.	(Linguistics) A sequence of phonemes, often a word fragment, which constitutes the minimum unit of meaning or syntax within a given word. A morph may be one of several variants of a morpheme, depending for its individal form on the context in which it occurs. Thus the morphs -s and -es are variants of the morpheme by which the plural form of an English noun is expressed.
v. i. & t.	1.	To transform smoothly in imperceptible steps from one image to another, on a computer screen.

Verb	1.	morph - cause to change shape in a computer animation; "The computer programmer morphed the image"
	2.	morph - change shape as via computer animation; "In the video, Michael Jackson morphed into a panther"