pitch
determine
gradate
inflect
tonetically
tonally
tighten up
break
transverse
downtone
alter
auto-tune
intone
adapt
take a turn
tonelike
tone
change someone's tune
cook
inflected
fettle
affect
square
mistone
mop up
transfix
adjust
constitute
attune
entune
alter or change
multitone
set aright
straighten out
set down
touch up
deepen
redaction
bit shift
swing
clang
set
inflection
rekey
fuss
evolve
modification
remix
differentiate
alteration
deform
change
get right
adaptation
tonologically
mutation
put a pin in
improve on
fit
prick
rehaul
adjustmental
corrective
translate
soft-pedal
adjusting
zhng
modificatory
adjustation
rectify
transform
turn
modulate
emendation
principle
shade
maladjust
modulated
move the needle
stereotype
cut
dial it in
fixation
jiggle
take a pill
modificative
toned
tonicize
voice
bedumb
tonelike
inflected
multitone
adjustmental
corrective
modulated
modificative
toned
tonetically
tonally
tonologically
modificatory
redaction
clang
inflection
modification
alteration
change
adaptation
mutation
adjusting
adjustation
emendation
fixation
pitch
determine
gradate
inflect
tighten up
break
transverse
downtone
alter
auto-tune
intone
adapt
take a turn
tone
change someone's tune
cook
fettle
affect
square
mistone
mop up
transfix
adjust
constitute
attune
entune
alter or change
set aright
straighten out
set down
touch up
deepen
bit shift
swing
set
rekey
fuss
evolve
remix
differentiate
deform
get right
put a pin in
improve on
fit
prick
rehaul
translate
soft-pedal
zhng
rectify
transform
turn
modulate
principle
shade
maladjust
move the needle
stereotype
cut
dial it in
jiggle
take a pill
tonicize
voice
bedumb
verb
- To fix or set the tone of.
- To set or fix.
- To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- To throw away; discard.
- To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- To throw.
- To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- To assemble or erect (a tent).
- To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.
- To bounce on the playing surface.
- To settle and build up, without melting.
- To discard for some gain.
- To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- To fix one's choice.
- To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones.
- To produce a note of a given pitch.
- To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
noun
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down. Compare with roll, yaw, and heave.
- The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- The act of pitching a baseball.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- The field of battle.
- A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
- A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
- Pitchstone.
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- A person's or animal's height.
- Prominence; importance.
verb
- To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
- To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
- To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
- To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
- To set the boundaries or limits of.
- To define or limit by adding a differentia.
- To bring to an end; to finish.
- To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
verb
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- terminate or end
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- render inoperable or ineffective
- ruin completely
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- move away or escape suddenly
- scatter or part
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- prevent completion
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- surpass in excellence
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- come into being
- stop operating or functioning
- interrupt a continued activity
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- lessen in force or effect
- be broken in
- come to an end
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- cause to give up a habit
- give up
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- happen or take place
- cause the failure or ruin of
- invalidate by judicial action
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- do a break dance
- exchange for smaller units of money
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- go to pieces
- break a piece from a whole
- become punctured or penetrated
- pierce or penetrate
- be released or become known; of news
- cease an action temporarily
- interrupt the flow of current in
- undergo breaking
- find a flaw in
- find the solution or key to
- happen
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- fall sharply
- fracture a bone of
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
noun
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- the occurrence of breaking
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a sudden dash
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an escape from jail
verb
adj
- (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting.
- Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.
- 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.
noun
verb
- to give a particular tone to
- to utter with an affected tone.
- to change the colour of
- to make (something) firmer
pron
noun
- The quality of being respectable or admirable.
- The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
- The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
- The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
- A specific pitch.
- (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
- The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
- a gun
- The shade or quality of a colour.
- The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
- The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
- (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
- Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
- The general character, atmosphere, mood, or vibe (of a situation, place, etc.).
verb
- To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
- To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.)
- To concoct or prepare.
- To play music vigorously.
- To execute by electric chair.
- To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.
- To be uncomfortably hot.
- To be cooked.
- To hold on to a grenade briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
noun
verb
- To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.
- To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
- To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.
- To be upset or in a bad mood.
- In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.
noun
verb
- To influence or alter.
- To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.
- To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
- To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.
- To move to emotion.
- Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
noun
verb
- To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
- To place at a right angle to the mast or keel.
- Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.
- To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.
- To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit.
- To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.
- To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.
- To hold a quartile position respecting.
- To form with four sides and four right angles.
- To rotate the oars so that they are perpendicular to the water.
- To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch
- To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
- To tile (completely fill) with squares.
- To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular
- To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.
adj
- Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
- Shaped like a square (the polygon).
- Honest; straightforward; fair.
- Even; tied
- Solid, decent, substantial.
- Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
- Socially conventional; boring.
- Forming right angles in all planes as intended; not racked or leaning.
- Forming right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
- Forming a right angle (90°).
- In line with the batsman's popping crease.
- Satisfied; comfortable with; not experiencing any conflict.
- Hypernyms: rectangular, polygonal
adv
noun
- An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
- A well-defined core of a human body, a flat section from the fundament to the thoracic diaphragm.
- A cell in a grid.
- The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.
- An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
- A street surrounding a public square or plaza.
- A square piece, part, or surface.
- The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
- A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
- A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
- A polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
- A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends: still sometimes used in modern terminology.
- The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.
- Cigarette.
- The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
- A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m²) of roof area. The materials for roofing jobs are often billed by the square in the United States.
- A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.
- The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
- A mortarboard.
- The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
- A vat used for fermentation.
- A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
verb
- To fix problems; to correct or repair.
- After they argued, it fell to me to talk to her and try to mop up.
- To win a competition decisively.
- To get rid of (enemies) within a certain area.
- To clean up an area destroyed by a natural disaster or by violent activity.
- To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
- To consume or get rid of an excess of something.
- To finish something off; to apply a finishing touch
- To clean up (liquid) with a mop, rag, sponge, or other cleaning device.
- To absorb the leftovers of a dish with bread etc., in order to eat them.
verb
verb
verb
- To become lower in tone
- To make lower in tone
- To make deep or deeper
- To make more sound or heavy.
- To make darker or more intense; to darken
- To become deeper
- To become more intimate.
- To become darker or more intense
- To become more thorough or extensive.
- To make more thorough or extensive.
- To become more sound or heavy.
- To make more intimate.
- To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree
verb
- To fluctuate or change.
- To move one's arm in a punching motion.
- To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
- To move sideways in its trajectory.
- To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
- To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
- To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
- To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
- To turn in a different direction.
- To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
- To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
- To ride on a swing.
- To dance.
- (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
- To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
- To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
- To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
- In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
noun
- In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
- Influence or power of anything put in motion.
- The amount of change towards or away from something.
- The genre of music associated with this dance style.
- The manner in which something is swung.
- The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
- A dance style.
- In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
- A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
- A type of hook with the arm more extended.
- A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
- A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
- Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
- Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
- The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
verb
- To place or fix in a setting.
- To adjust.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To prepare (a stage or film set).
- To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- To defeat a contract.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- To put (something) down, to rest.
- To produce after pollination.
- To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- To sit (be in a seated position).
- To arrange (type).
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- To introduce or describe.
- To solidify.
- To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- To suit; to become.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- To determine or settle.
- To fit music to words.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- To start (a fire).
- To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
adj
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in a certain style.
- Ready, prepared.
- Rigid, solidified.
- Prearranged.
- Fixed in position.
- Intent, determined (to do something).
noun
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- Set theory.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- An object made up of several parts.
- General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- A drum kit, a drum set.
- A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
noun
- A change in pitch or tone of voice.
- Change in the form of a word (morphologic change) to express different grammatical categories.
- Diffraction.
- Any form produced by such an instance of a change, such as the principal parts for any given stem: any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation.
- An affix representing such an instance.
- A turning away from a straight course.
- A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
- An instance of such change.
verb
- To change; transform.
- Of a population, to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
- To give off (gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide during a reaction).
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- To come into being; develop.
- Of a trait, to develop within a population via biological evolution.
- Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- To cause something to change or transform.
noun
- The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment.
- The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
- A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
- the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in I'm)
- a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
verb
- To make different; to change, modify.
- To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.
- To recognize a distinction or difference between two things.
- To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
- To calculate the derivative of a function.
- To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
- To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.
noun
verb
- To become changed in shape or misshapen.
- To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.
- To alter the shape of (something) by applying a force or stress.
- To change the look of (something), usually thus making it imperfect or unattractive; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual appearance.
- To mar the character or quality of (something).
adj
noun
- the action of changing something
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
- the result of alteration or modification
- the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due
- a thing that is different
- a different or fresh set of clothes
- coins of small denomination regarded collectively
- money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency
- a difference that is usually pleasant
verb
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- change clothes; put on different clothes
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- give to, and receive from, one another
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- become deeper in tone
- remove or replace the coverings of
noun
- A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
- The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
- An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
- An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
- The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.
- The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
- The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.
verb
verb
- To adjust.
- To be proper or becoming.
- To be suitable for.
- To conform to in size and shape.
- To be in harmony.
- To suffer a fit.
- To have sufficient space available at some location to be able to be there.
- To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
- To be of the right size and shape
- To be in agreement with.
- To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
- To make conform in size and shape.
- To equip or supply.
- To make ready.
noun
- Conformity of elements one to another.
- The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.
- An outfit, a set of clothing.
- A sudden burst (of an activity).
- A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
- The degree to which something fits.
- Goodness of fit.
- The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
- Measure of how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
- A seizure or convulsion.
- A sudden outburst of emotion.
adj
verb
- To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
- To aim at a point or mark.
- To incite, stimulate, goad.
- To shoot without killing.
- To make acidic or pungent.
- To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
- To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
- To pierce or puncture slightly.
- To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
- To form by piercing or puncturing.
- To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
- Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
noun
- An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
- A small pointed object.
- The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
- The footprint of a hare.
- The penis.
- Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
- A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
- A feeling of remorse.
- A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
verb
- To change (something) from one form or medium to another.
- To change spoken words or written text (of a book, document, movie, etc.) from one language to another.
- Senses relating to a change of position.
- To change, or be capable of being changed, from one form or medium to another.
- To express spoken words or written text in a different (often clearer or simpler) way in the same language; to paraphrase, to rephrase, to restate.
- To generate a chain of amino acids based on the sequence of codons in an mRNA molecule.
- To rearrange (a song or music) in one genre into another.
- To provide a translation of spoken words or written text in another language; to be, or be capable of being, rendered in another language.
noun
verb
- To reduce the force or impact of (something); to damp, to mute; especially, to minimize the less desirable aspects of (something); to play down, to tone down.
- To attempt to persuade someone about (something) through understatement, so that the listener accepts the good points as obvious.
- To reduce the volume of (music, a sound, etc.).
- Chiefly followed by on: to act in a less assertive or forceful manner.
noun
noun
verb
- To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).
- To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
- To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
- To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.
- To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
- To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.
- To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).
- To convert (alternating current) into direct current.
verb
- To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
- To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.
- To change greatly the appearance or form of.
- To subject to the action of a transformer.
- To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
- To subject (a cell) to transformation.
noun
verb
- alter the functioning or setting of
- to change orientation or direction
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- undergo a change or development
- cause to move around or rotate
- change to the contrary
- pass to the other side of
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- move around an axis or a center
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- to send or let go
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- change color
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- accomplish by rotating
- get by buying and selling
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- direct at someone
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- go sour or spoil
- become officially one year older
noun
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- an unforeseen development
- a movement in a new direction
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- 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 short performance that is part of a longer program
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
verb
- To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument
- To regulate, adjust or adapt
- to vary the amplitude, frequency or phase of a carrier wave in proportion to the amplitude etc of a source wave (such as speech or music)
- to move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression
noun
- The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
- An intentional change in the spelling of a scientific name, which is usually not allowed.
- Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document.
verb
noun
- A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
- A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
- A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.
- Bernoulli's Principle
- An original faculty or endowment.
- A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
- A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
- Moral rule or aspect.
verb
- To alter slightly.
- To shield (someone or something) from light.
- To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
- To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
- To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
- To darken, particularly in drawing.
- To surpass by a narrow margin.
- To throw shade, to subtly insult someone.
- To shield oneself from light.
noun
- Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
- A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
- An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
- A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
- A ghost or specter; a spirit.
- A subtle variation in a concept.
- A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
- Subtle insults.
- A candle-shade.
- A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
- Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
verb
- To make firm or permanent; to fix.
- To print from a stereotype.
- To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
- To prepare for printing in stereotype; to produce stereotype plates of.
noun
- A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).
- A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.
- An extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language, allowing a new element to be derived from an existing one with added specializations.
- A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
verb
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- make an incision or separation
- discharge from a group
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- make out and issue
- cut and assemble the components of
- intentionally fail to attend
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- give the appearance or impression of
- move (one's fist)
- pass directly and often in haste
- pass through or across
- stop filming
- make a recording of
- record a performance on (a medium)
- create by duplicating data
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- perform or carry out
- function as a cutting instrument
- allow incision or separation
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- reap or harvest
- fell by sawing; hew
- penetrate injuriously
- refuse to acknowledge
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- have a reducing effect
- cease, stop
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- have grow through the gums
- grow through the gums
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
adj
- with parts removed
- (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
- (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
- mixed with water
noun
- a share of the profits
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
- a step on some scale
- a wound made by cutting
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
adj
noun
- The state of being fixed or fixated.
- The act of fixing.
- A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
- process by which an injury is rendered immobile.
- Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
- The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
- maintaining of the gaze on a single location.
- The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
- The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
- In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
- preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
verb
- To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
- To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
- To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
- To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
- To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
noun
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character
- The tone or sound emitted by an object
- That which is communicated; message; meaning.
- Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
- An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered
- A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
- A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
- In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
- A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.
- One who speaks; a speaker.
- The faculty or power of utterance
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