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- (geometry) (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting. (For the general definition, see Transversality (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.)
- Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
- (anatomy) Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.
- extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
noun
verb
- To change or transform (something).
- To change, to transform.
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- (chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
- To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
- Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
- (biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.
- (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
- undergo development or evolution
- work out
- gain through experience
verb
noun
verb
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- make an alteration to
- insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
- remove the ovaries of
- (intransitive) To become different.
- (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
- (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
- (transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
- (ambitransitive) To change the form or structure of.
noun
verb
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- change clothes; put on different clothes
- undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
- become deeper in tone
- remove or replace the coverings of
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- give to, and receive from, one another
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
- (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
- (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
- (intransitive) To become something different.
- (transitive) To replace.
- (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
- (transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).
noun
- the result of alteration or modification
- a thing that is different
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- the action of changing something
- money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency
- a different or fresh set of clothes
- a difference that is usually pleasant
- a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
- coins of small denomination regarded collectively
- the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due
- (uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
- (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
- (countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.
- (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
- (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
- (countable) A replacement.
- (baseball) A change-up pitch.
- (uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
noun
- The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
- The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment.
- (biology) A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
- (linguistics) The change undergone by a word when used in a construction.
- (linguistics) A change to a word when it is borrowed by another language.
- slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
- the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
verb
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- (transitive, roleplaying games) To magically or divinely repel undead.
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (intransitive, fantasy) To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- (transitive) To direct or impel (something) into a place.
- (transitive) To twist or sprain.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To hinge; to depend.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (copulative) To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- (transitive, slang, sometimes offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- accomplish by rotating
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- to send or let go
- pass to the other side of
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- to change orientation or direction
- move around an axis or a center
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- alter the functioning or setting of
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- cause to move around or rotate
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become officially one year older
- go sour or spoil
- change to the contrary
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- change color
- undergo a change or development
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- direct at someone
noun
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- The transition from one period or era to another.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A walk to and fro.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (UK, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- The time required to complete a project.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a movement in a new direction
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
- an unforeseen development
- turning or twisting around (in place)
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adj
- Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: of a community, organization, etc.: composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics such as ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status; especially, having a sizeable representation of people who are minorities in the community, organization, etc.
- Consisting of different elements; various.
- Not the same; different, dissimilar, distinct.
- (nonstandard) Of a person: belonging to a minority group.
- Capable of or having various forms in different situations or at different times; multiform.
- many and different
- distinctly dissimilar or unlike
verb
- (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- (computing) Ellipsis of reverse-engineer.
- (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- (aviation, transitive) To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- (rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- (ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
- To overthrow; to subvert.
- (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
- turn inside out or upside down
- cancel officially
- change to the contrary
- rule against
- reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
adj
- (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- (botany) Reversed.
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- directed or moving toward the rear
- of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle
noun
- (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- (graph theory) Synonym of transpose.
- (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- The opposite of something.
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
- a relation of direct opposition
- the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
- turning in the opposite direction
- (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
verb
noun
- An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.
- (architecture) An acute angle dividing a molding; a groove that runs lengthwise between the upper part of a molding and a soffit.
- a narrow groove beside a beading
- a strange attitude or habit
prefix
- Modifying.
- Towards in direction or movement. (anatomy) Towards the midline of the body.
- (no longer productive) Intensifying, additionally.
- Atop or above in position.
- Appending and/or prepending. Adding from either side.
- (no longer productive) Doing, enacting, forming a verb.
- Near, close to, adjacent.
- Along, alongside.
verb
- To alter (something) to avoid conflicting with something else.
- (computer science) To resolve contradictory conclusions or responses to queries in a rule-based or deductive reasoning system.
- (military) To provide information to a military force in order to prevent escalation of a conflict.
- (military, aviation) To change the flight path of a craft or weapon to reduce the chance of an accidental collision or conflict with other obstacles, the terrain or weather.
verb
- (transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.
- (transitive, mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
- (transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
- (transitive, genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
- (intransitive) To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.
- (transitive, electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
- change from one form or medium into another
- change in outward structure or looks
- increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
- change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
- change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
- convert (one form of energy) to another
- subject to a mathematical transformation
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- The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
- (nuclear physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.
- (alchemy) The supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.
- an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
- a qualitative change
- (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment)
verb
- To modify so as to create a difference or distinction.
- To recognize as different or distinct.
- (transitive, intransitive, often in the passive voice, biology) To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.
- (mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
- (mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
- To show or be the difference or distinction between things.
- To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
- (education) To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.
- become distinct and acquire a different character
- evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
- be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
- mark as different
- calculate a derivative; take the derivative
- become different during development
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verb
- change radically
- cause the downfall of; of rulers
- turn from an upright or normal position
- cancel officially
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- rule against
- (transitive) To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
- (law, transitive) To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
- (ambitransitive) To turn over, capsize or upset.
- (transitive) To overthrow or destroy.
- (intransitive, of a body of water) To undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.
noun
adj
- capable of being changed
- making or willing to make concessions
- able to flex; able to bend easily
- bending and snapping back readily without breaking
- able to adjust readily to different conditions
- Capable of adapting or changing to suit new or modified conditions or situations.
- Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
- Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
- Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
noun
adj
- Capable of being changed.
- such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change
- Subject to sudden or frequent changes.
- (of a species) Capable of camouflaging itself by changing colour.
- capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
- varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
- subject to change
noun
- The act of altering or making different.
- A minor adjustment to clothing, such as hemming or shortening, to make it fit better.
- The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.
- the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
verb
- (transitive) To transform, especially into a reversed or opposite form.
- (transitive, electronics) To reverse the direction of (a current).
- (transitive, finance) To commute; to change one kind of payment into another, especially to convert from several installments to a single lumpsum payment.
- (transitive, law) To remove or reduce the legal obligations or restrictions on
- (intransitive, mathematics) To commute; to be invariant under a reversal of the positions of operands.
- (transitive, electronics) To convert from being or using an alternating current into being or using a direct current.
- reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current
verb
noun
- (nautical) A jiggermast.
- (slang, UK) Ellipsis of jigger gun (“lock pick”).
- (nautical) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle.
- (US) A placeholder name for any small mechanical device.
- (pottery) A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
- (rail transport, New Zealand) A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks.
- (US) A measure of 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml) of liquor.
- (New Zealand) A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.
- A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera; chigoe.
- (US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml), the other typically 1 fluid ounce (approx. 30 ml).
- A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
- (Australia, surveying, slang) A total station or its predecessor, a theodolite.
- The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.
- (mining) One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
- (fishing) A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.
- (nautical, New England) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
- A larva of any of several mites in the family Trombiculidae; chigger, harvest mite.
- (slang, euphemistic) A vagina.
- (mining) The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
- (horse racing) An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race.
- (textiles) A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
- (US, slang) A drink of whiskey.
- A warehouse crane.
- (slang) An illegal distillery.
- larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
- a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
- any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl
verb
- To change; modify the order of something.
- To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
- To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another.
- To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
- To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
- (ambitransitive) To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.
- (ambitransitive) To put in a random order.
- move about, move back and forth
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- walk by dragging one's feet
noun
- A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
- (by extension, music) A rhythm commonly used in blues music, consisting of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note, and suggests a walker dragging one foot.
- (dance) A dance move in which the foot is scuffed back and forth across the floor.
- The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
- An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.
- The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player.
- walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
- the act of mixing cards haphazardly
verb
noun
- (fiction) The transformation of an item or creature into something different by magic.
- (biology) Any organism that shows polymorphism.
- (chemistry, geology) Any substance or mineral that forms different types of crystal.
- an organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites
noun
verb
noun
- The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
- The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment.
- (biology) A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
- (linguistics) The change undergone by a word when used in a construction.
- (linguistics) A change to a word when it is borrowed by another language.
- slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
- the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
noun
noun
- The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
- (nuclear physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.
- (alchemy) The supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.
- an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
- a qualitative change
- (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment)
noun
- The act of altering or making different.
- A minor adjustment to clothing, such as hemming or shortening, to make it fit better.
- The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.
- the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
verb
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- change clothes; put on different clothes
- undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
- become deeper in tone
- remove or replace the coverings of
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- give to, and receive from, one another
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
- (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
- (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
- (intransitive) To become something different.
- (transitive) To replace.
- (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
- (transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).
noun
- the result of alteration or modification
- a thing that is different
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- the action of changing something
- money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency
- a different or fresh set of clothes
- a difference that is usually pleasant
- a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
- coins of small denomination regarded collectively
- the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due
- (uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
- (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
- (countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.
- (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
- (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
- (countable) A replacement.
- (baseball) A change-up pitch.
- (uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
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verb
verb
adj
- (geometry) (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting. (For the general definition, see Transversality (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.)
- Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
- (anatomy) Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.
- extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
noun
verb
- To change or transform (something).
- To change, to transform.
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- (chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
- To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
- Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
- (biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.
- (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
- undergo development or evolution
- work out
- gain through experience
verb
noun
verb
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- make an alteration to
- insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
- remove the ovaries of
- (intransitive) To become different.
- (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
- (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
- (transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
- (ambitransitive) To change the form or structure of.
noun
verb
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- change clothes; put on different clothes
- undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
- become deeper in tone
- remove or replace the coverings of
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- give to, and receive from, one another
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
- (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
- (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
- (intransitive) To become something different.
- (transitive) To replace.
- (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
- (transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).
noun
- the result of alteration or modification
- a thing that is different
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- the action of changing something
- money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency
- a different or fresh set of clothes
- a difference that is usually pleasant
- a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
- coins of small denomination regarded collectively
- the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due
- (uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
- (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
- (countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.
- (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
- (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
- (countable) A replacement.
- (baseball) A change-up pitch.
- (uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
verb
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- (transitive, roleplaying games) To magically or divinely repel undead.
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (intransitive, fantasy) To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- (transitive) To direct or impel (something) into a place.
- (transitive) To twist or sprain.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To hinge; to depend.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (copulative) To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- (transitive, slang, sometimes offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- accomplish by rotating
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- to send or let go
- pass to the other side of
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- to change orientation or direction
- move around an axis or a center
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- alter the functioning or setting of
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- cause to move around or rotate
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become officially one year older
- go sour or spoil
- change to the contrary
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- change color
- undergo a change or development
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- direct at someone
noun
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- The transition from one period or era to another.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A walk to and fro.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (UK, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- The time required to complete a project.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a movement in a new direction
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
- an unforeseen development
- turning or twisting around (in place)
verb
adj
- Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: of a community, organization, etc.: composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics such as ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status; especially, having a sizeable representation of people who are minorities in the community, organization, etc.
- Consisting of different elements; various.
- Not the same; different, dissimilar, distinct.
- (nonstandard) Of a person: belonging to a minority group.
- Capable of or having various forms in different situations or at different times; multiform.
- many and different
- distinctly dissimilar or unlike
verb
- (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- (computing) Ellipsis of reverse-engineer.
- (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- (aviation, transitive) To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- (rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- (ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
- To overthrow; to subvert.
- (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
- turn inside out or upside down
- cancel officially
- change to the contrary
- rule against
- reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
adj
- (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- (botany) Reversed.
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- directed or moving toward the rear
- of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle
noun
- (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- (graph theory) Synonym of transpose.
- (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- The opposite of something.
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
- a relation of direct opposition
- the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
- turning in the opposite direction
- (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
verb
noun
- An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.
- (architecture) An acute angle dividing a molding; a groove that runs lengthwise between the upper part of a molding and a soffit.
- a narrow groove beside a beading
- a strange attitude or habit
verb
- To alter (something) to avoid conflicting with something else.
- (computer science) To resolve contradictory conclusions or responses to queries in a rule-based or deductive reasoning system.
- (military) To provide information to a military force in order to prevent escalation of a conflict.
- (military, aviation) To change the flight path of a craft or weapon to reduce the chance of an accidental collision or conflict with other obstacles, the terrain or weather.
verb
- (transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.
- (transitive, mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
- (transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
- (transitive, genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
- (intransitive) To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.
- (transitive, electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
- change from one form or medium into another
- change in outward structure or looks
- increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
- change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
- change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
- convert (one form of energy) to another
- subject to a mathematical transformation
noun
verb
- To modify so as to create a difference or distinction.
- To recognize as different or distinct.
- (transitive, intransitive, often in the passive voice, biology) To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.
- (mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
- (mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
- To show or be the difference or distinction between things.
- To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
- (education) To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.
- become distinct and acquire a different character
- evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
- be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
- mark as different
- calculate a derivative; take the derivative
- become different during development
noun
verb
- change radically
- cause the downfall of; of rulers
- turn from an upright or normal position
- cancel officially
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- rule against
- (transitive) To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
- (law, transitive) To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
- (ambitransitive) To turn over, capsize or upset.
- (transitive) To overthrow or destroy.
- (intransitive, of a body of water) To undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To transform, especially into a reversed or opposite form.
- (transitive, electronics) To reverse the direction of (a current).
- (transitive, finance) To commute; to change one kind of payment into another, especially to convert from several installments to a single lumpsum payment.
- (transitive, law) To remove or reduce the legal obligations or restrictions on
- (intransitive, mathematics) To commute; to be invariant under a reversal of the positions of operands.
- (transitive, electronics) To convert from being or using an alternating current into being or using a direct current.
- reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current
verb
noun
- (nautical) A jiggermast.
- (slang, UK) Ellipsis of jigger gun (“lock pick”).
- (nautical) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle.
- (US) A placeholder name for any small mechanical device.
- (pottery) A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
- (rail transport, New Zealand) A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks.
- (US) A measure of 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml) of liquor.
- (New Zealand) A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.
- A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera; chigoe.
- (US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml), the other typically 1 fluid ounce (approx. 30 ml).
- A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
- (Australia, surveying, slang) A total station or its predecessor, a theodolite.
- The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.
- (mining) One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
- (fishing) A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.
- (nautical, New England) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
- A larva of any of several mites in the family Trombiculidae; chigger, harvest mite.
- (slang, euphemistic) A vagina.
- (mining) The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
- (horse racing) An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race.
- (textiles) A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
- (US, slang) A drink of whiskey.
- A warehouse crane.
- (slang) An illegal distillery.
- larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
- a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
- any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl
verb
- To change; modify the order of something.
- To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
- To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another.
- To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
- To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
- (ambitransitive) To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.
- (ambitransitive) To put in a random order.
- move about, move back and forth
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- walk by dragging one's feet
noun
- A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
- (by extension, music) A rhythm commonly used in blues music, consisting of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note, and suggests a walker dragging one foot.
- (dance) A dance move in which the foot is scuffed back and forth across the floor.
- The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
- An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.
- The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player.
- walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
- the act of mixing cards haphazardly
verb
noun
- (fiction) The transformation of an item or creature into something different by magic.
- (biology) Any organism that shows polymorphism.
- (chemistry, geology) Any substance or mineral that forms different types of crystal.
- an organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites
adj
- capable of being changed
- making or willing to make concessions
- able to flex; able to bend easily
- bending and snapping back readily without breaking
- able to adjust readily to different conditions
- Capable of adapting or changing to suit new or modified conditions or situations.
- Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
- Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
- Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
noun
adj
- Capable of being changed.
- such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change
- Subject to sudden or frequent changes.
- (of a species) Capable of camouflaging itself by changing colour.
- capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
- varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
- subject to change