human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

Converso, Marrano - (medieval Spain) a Jew or Moor who converted to Christianity (especially those who professed conversion in order to avoid persecution but continued to practice their religion secretly)

proselyte - a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism

caramelise, caramelize - convert to caramel

convert - change in nature, purpose, or function; especially undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid"

verbalise, verbalize - convert into a verb; "many English nouns have become verbalized"

sporulate - convert into spores

novelise, novelize, fictionalise, fictionalize - convert into the form or the style of a novel; "The author novelized the historical event"

deaden - convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil

opalise, opalize - replace or convert into opal; "opalized tree trunks"

receive - convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio signals"

reconvert - convert back; "Hollywood is reconverting old films"

malt - convert into malt

malt - convert grain into malt

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

ferment, work - cause to undergo fermentation; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats"

transcribe - convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA

scrap - make into scrap or refuse; "scrap the old airplane and sell the parts"

keratinise, keratinize - convert into keratin

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

transduce - cause transduction (of energy forms)

immobilise, immobilize - convert (assets) into fixed capital

metricate, metricise, metricize, metrify - convert from a non-metric to the metric system

flour - convert grain into flour

reclaim - make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; "The people reclaimed the marshes"

nitrify - convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria

fossilise, fossilize - convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"

tan - treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather

dress - convert into leather; "dress the tanned skins"

compost - convert to compost; "compost organic debris"

decimalise, decimalize - change to the decimal system; "The country decimalized the currency in 1975"

float - convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"

change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

convert - cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population"

rectify - convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current"

utilize - convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)

capitalise, capitalize - convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital

replace - substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"

launder - convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones

switch, change, shift - lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"

break - exchange for smaller units of money; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy"

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

convert - change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief; "She converted to Buddhism"

Islamise, Islamize - convert to Islam; "The Mughals Islamized much of Northern India in the 16th century"

Christianise, Christianize - convert to Christianity; "missionaries have tried to Christianize native people all over the world"

evangelise, evangelize - convert to Christianity; "The missionaries evangelized the Pacific Islanders"

catholicise, catholicize, latinise, latinize - cause to adopt catholicism

convert - score (a spare)

rack up, score, tally, hit - gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"

convert - score (a spare)

rack up, score, tally, hit - gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"

bowling - a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over

convert - complete successfully; "score a penalty shot or free throw"

convert - score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the endzone; "Smith converted and his team won"

rack up, score, tally, hit - gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"

persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!"

proselytise, proselytize - convert to another faith or religion

disarm - make less hostile; win over; "Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely"

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions

change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

caramelise, caramelize - be converted into caramel; "The sugar caramelized"

convert - change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers"

malt - turn into malt, become malt

melanise, melanize - convert into, or infiltrate with melanin