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| n. (event) | 1. alteration, change, modification | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" |
| ~ acceleration | an increase in rate of change.; "modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change" |
| ~ deceleration, retardation, slowing | a decrease in rate of change.; "the deceleration of the arms race" |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ avulsion | an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another. |
| ~ break | an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion).; "then there was a break in her voice" |
| ~ mutation | a change or alteration in form or qualities. |
| ~ sublimation | (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable. |
| ~ surprise | a sudden unexpected event. |
| ~ nascence, nascency, nativity, birth | the event of being born.; "they celebrated the birth of their first child" |
| ~ breakup, separation, detachment | coming apart. |
| ~ vagary | an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.).; "the vagaries of the weather"; "his wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market"; "he has dealt with human vagaries for many years" |
| ~ variation, fluctuation | an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change. |
| ~ conversion | a change of religion.; "his conversion to the Catholic faith" |
| ~ death, decease, expiry | the event of dying or departure from life.; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren" |
| ~ decrease, lessening, drop-off | a change downward.; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales" |
| ~ destabilization | an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft). |
| ~ increase | a change resulting in an increase.; "the increase is scheduled for next month" |
| ~ easing, moderation, relief | a change for the better. |
| ~ deformation | alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it. |
| ~ transition | a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another. |
| ~ transformation, shift, transmutation | a qualitative change. |
| ~ sparkling, twinkle, scintillation | a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash. |
| ~ shimmer, play | a weak and tremulous light.; "the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water" |
| ~ transmutation | (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment).; "the transmutation of base metals into gold proved to be impossible" |
| ~ damage, impairment, harm | the occurrence of a change for the worse. |
| ~ development | a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation.; "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!" |
| ~ revolution | a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving.; "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution" |
| ~ chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation | (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism. |
| ~ sex change | a change in a person's physical sexual characteristics (as by surgery and hormone treatments). |
| ~ loss of consciousness | the occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond. |
| n. (linkdef) | 2. change | a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event.; "he attributed the change to their marriage" |
| ~ relation | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together. |
| ~ difference | a significant change.; "the difference in her is amazing"; "his support made a real difference" |
| ~ gradient | a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension. |
| n. (act) | 3. change | the action of changing something.; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" |
| ~ action | something done (usually as opposed to something said).; "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
| ~ entail | the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple. |
| ~ policy change, volte-face, about-face, reversal | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view.; "an about-face on foreign policy" |
| ~ adulteration | the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another). |
| ~ move, relocation | the act of changing your residence or place of business.; "they say that three moves equal one fire" |
| ~ downshift | a change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle. |
| ~ downshift | a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one. |
| ~ filtration | the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter. |
| ~ reduction, simplification | the act of reducing complexity. |
| ~ decimalisation, decimalization | the act of changing to a decimal system.; "the decimalization of British currency" |
| ~ metrication, metrification | the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds. |
| ~ variation | the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard.; "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?" |
| ~ turning | act of changing in practice or custom.; "the law took many turnings over the years" |
| ~ diversification, variegation | the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered).; "my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments"; "he limited his losses by diversification of his product line" |
| ~ flux | in constant change.; "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry" |
| ~ switching, shift, switch | the act of changing one thing or position for another.; "his switch on abortion cost him the election" |
| ~ substitution, commutation, exchange | the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:.; "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help" |
| ~ promotion | act of raising in rank or position. |
| ~ demotion | act of lowering in rank or position. |
| ~ change of state | the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics. |
| ~ modification, adjustment, alteration | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment). |
| ~ movement, move, motion | the act of changing location from one place to another.; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" |
| ~ movement | the act of changing the location of something.; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" |
| ~ movement, motility, motion, move | a change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" |
| ~ change of direction, reorientation | the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented. |
| ~ change of magnitude | the act of changing the amount or size of something. |
| ~ change of integrity | the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something. |
| ~ conversion | the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another. |
| ~ updating | the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something).; "criminal records need regular updating" |
| ~ change of shape | an action that changes the shape of something. |
| ~ satisfaction | act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite.; "the satisfaction of their demand for better services" |
| ~ nationalisation, nationalization | the action of rendering national in character. |
| ~ communisation, communization | a change from private property to public property owned by the community. |
| ~ secularisation, secularization | the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion. |
| ~ rollover | the act of changing the institution that invests your pension plan without incurring a tax penalty. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 4. change | the result of alteration or modification.; "there were marked changes in the lining of the lungs"; "there had been no change in the mountains" |
| ~ consequence, effect, result, upshot, outcome, event, issue | a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" |
| ~ depolarisation, depolarization | a loss of polarity or polarization. |
| n. (possession) | 5. change | the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due.; "I paid with a twenty and pocketed the change" |
| ~ cash, hard cash, hard currency | money in the form of bills or coins.; "there is a desperate shortage of hard cash" |
| n. (artifact) | 6. change | a thing that is different.; "he inspected several changes before selecting one" |
| ~ thing | an entity that is not named specifically.; "I couldn't tell what the thing was" |
| n. (artifact) | 7. change | a different or fresh set of clothes.; "she brought a change in her overnight bag" |
| ~ article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wearable, vesture, wear | a covering designed to be worn on a person's body. |
| n. (possession) | 8. change | coins of small denomination regarded collectively.; "he had a pocketful of change" |
| ~ coin | a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money. |
| n. (possession) | 9. change | money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency.; "he got change for a twenty and used it to pay the taxi driver" |
| ~ cash, hard cash, hard currency | money in the form of bills or coins.; "there is a desperate shortage of hard cash" |
| n. (attribute) | 10. change, variety | a difference that is usually pleasant.; "he goes to France for variety"; "it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic" |
| ~ difference | the quality of being unlike or dissimilar.; "there are many differences between jazz and rock" |
| v. (change) | 11. 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" |
| ~ awaken, wake up, waken, rouse, arouse, wake | cause to become awake or conscious.; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." |
| ~ cause to sleep | make fall asleep.; "The soft music caused us to fall asleep" |
| ~ affect | act physically on; have an effect upon.; "the medicine affects my heart rate" |
| ~ refreshen, freshen, refresh | make fresh again. |
| ~ fecundate, inseminate, fertilise, fertilize | introduce semen into (a female). |
| ~ indispose | cause to feel unwell.; "She was indisposed" |
| ~ cry | bring into a particular state by crying.; "The little boy cried himself to sleep" |
| ~ etiolate | make pale or sickly.; "alcohol etiolates your skin" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ shade | vary slightly.; "shade the meaning" |
| ~ animalise, animalize, brutalise, brutalize | make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman.; "Life in the camps had brutalized him" |
| ~ convert | change the nature, purpose, or function of something.; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers" |
| ~ opalise, opalize | make opalescent. |
| ~ arterialise, arterialize | change venous blood into arterial blood. |
| ~ make, get | give certain properties to something.; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear" |
| ~ counterchange, interchange, transpose | cause to change places.; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size" |
| ~ vascularise, vascularize | make vascular.; "the yolk sac is gradually vascularized" |
| ~ decrepitate | to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops.; "decrepitate salts" |
| ~ suburbanise, suburbanize | make suburban in character.; "highly suburbanized cities" |
| ~ revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn | change radically.; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe" |
| ~ etiolate | bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight. |
| ~ barbarise, barbarize | make crude or savage in behavior or speech.; "his years in prison have barbarized the young man" |
| ~ alkalinise, alkalinize | make (a substance) alkaline.; "The oxide is alkalized" |
| ~ mythicise, mythicize, mythologise, mythologize | make into a myth.; "The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66" |
| ~ allegorise, allegorize | make into an allegory.; "The story was allegorized over time" |
| ~ demythologise, demythologize | remove the mythical element from (writings).; "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value" |
| ~ land, bring | bring into a different state.; "this may land you in jail" |
| ~ coarsen | make less subtle or refined.; "coarsen one's ideals" |
| ~ affect, bear upon, bear on, impact, touch on, touch | have an effect upon.; "Will the new rules affect me?" |
| ~ alchemise, alchemize | alter (elements) by alchemy. |
| ~ alcoholise, alcoholize | make alcoholic, as by fermenting.; "alcoholize prunes" |
| ~ shape, form | give shape or form to.; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" |
| ~ round down, round off, round out, round | express as a round number.; "round off the amount" |
| ~ suspend | cause to be held in suspension in a fluid.; "suspend the particles" |
| ~ sober | cause to become sober.; "A sobering thought" |
| ~ reconstruct | cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically. |
| ~ increase | make bigger or more.; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" |
| ~ ease off, let up, ease up | reduce pressure or intensity.; "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down" |
| ~ assimilate | make similar.; "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly" |
| ~ dissimilate | make dissimilar; cause to become less similar. |
| ~ commute, exchange, convert | exchange a penalty for a less severe one. |
| ~ vitalise, vitalize | give life to.; "The eggs are vitalized" |
| ~ clear, unclutter | rid of obstructions.; "Clear your desk" |
| ~ activate | make active or more active.; "activate an old file" |
| ~ activate | make (substances) radioactive. |
| ~ aerate, activate | aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter. |
| ~ activate | make more adsorptive.; "activate a metal" |
| ~ deactivate, inactivate | make inactive.; "they deactivated the file" |
| ~ blunt, deaden | make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation.; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound" |
| ~ remodel, redo, reconstruct | do over, as of (part of) a house.; "We are remodeling these rooms" |
| ~ edit, redact | prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting.; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages" |
| ~ edit out, edit, cut | cut and assemble the components of.; "edit film"; "cut recording tape" |
| ~ tame, chasten, subdue | correct by punishment or discipline. |
| ~ chasten, temper, moderate | restrain. |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better | to make better.; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" |
| ~ aggravate, exacerbate, worsen, exasperate | make worse.; "This drug aggravates the pain" |
| ~ wet | cause to become wet.; "Wet your face" |
| ~ dry, dry out | remove the moisture from and make dry.; "dry clothes"; "dry hair" |
| ~ lubricate | make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant.; "lubricate the key" |
| ~ beef up, fortify, strengthen | make strong or stronger.; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries" |
| ~ fortify, lace, spike | add alcohol to (beverages).; "the punch is spiked!" |
| ~ weaken | lessen the strength of.; "The fever weakened his body" |
| ~ blunt | make less sharp.; "blunt the knives" |
| ~ oxidise, oxidate, oxidize | add oxygen to or combine with oxygen. |
| ~ merge, unify, unite | join or combine.; "We merged our resources" |
| ~ age | make older.; "The death of his child aged him tremendously" |
| ~ ripen, mature | cause to ripen or develop fully.; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine" |
| ~ antiquate, antique | give an antique appearance to.; "antique furniture" |
| ~ antiquate | make obsolete or old-fashioned. |
| ~ make grow, develop | cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development.; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple" |
| ~ soften | make soft or softer.; "This liquid will soften your laundry" |
| ~ damage | inflict damage upon.; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" |
| ~ ossify | cause to become hard and bony.; "The disease ossified the tissue" |
| ~ acerbate | make sour or bitter. |
| ~ stabilize, stabilise | make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium.; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices" |
| ~ destabilise, destabilize | make unstable.; "Terrorism destabilized the government" |
| ~ sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitize, sensitise | make sensitive or aware.; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs" |
| ~ desensitise, desensitize | make insensitive.; "His military training desensitized him" |
| ~ accustom, habituate | make psychologically or physically used (to something).; "She became habituated to the background music" |
| ~ disarray, disorder | bring disorder to. |
| ~ discolor | cause to lose or change color.; "The detergent discolored my shirts" |
| ~ color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour | add color to.; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" |
| ~ stain | produce or leave stains.; "Red wine stains the table cloth" |
| ~ hue | take on color or become colored.; "In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey" |
| ~ uglify | make ugly. |
| ~ untune | cause to be out of tune.; "Don't untune that string!" |
| ~ adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| ~ set | put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state.; "set the house afire" |
| ~ disqualify, unfit, indispose | make unfit or unsuitable.; "Your income disqualifies you" |
| ~ domesticise, domesticize, domesticate, tame, reclaim | overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" |
| ~ widen | make wider.; "widen the road" |
| ~ dehydrogenate | remove hydrogen from. |
| ~ hydrogenate | combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound). |
| ~ oxygenise, oxygenize | change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule). |
| ~ darken | make dark or darker.; "darken a room" |
| ~ brighten, lighten up, lighten | make lighter or brighter.; "The paint will brighten the room" |
| ~ blear, blur | make dim or indistinct.; "The fog blurs my vision" |
| ~ bedim, overcloud, obscure | make obscure or unclear.; "The distinction was obscured" |
| ~ blot out, obliterate, veil, hide, obscure | make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" |
| ~ cook | transform by heating.; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle" |
| ~ slenderise, slenderize | make slender or appear to be slender.; "slenderizing skirts" |
| ~ crack | cause to become cracked.; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair" |
| ~ dismiss, dissolve | declare void.; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
| ~ defog, demist | free from mist.; "demist the car windows" |
| ~ concentrate, condense, contract | compress or concentrate.; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" |
| ~ cool, cool down, chill | make cool or cooler.; "Chill the food" |
| ~ heat, heat up | make hot or hotter.; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove" |
| ~ warm | make warm or warmer.; "The blanket will warm you" |
| ~ boil | bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point.; "boil this liquid until it evaporates" |
| ~ freeze | cause to freeze.; "Freeze the leftover food" |
| ~ blister | cause blisters to form on.; "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet" |
| ~ change over, shift, switch | make a shift in or exchange of.; "First Joe led; then we switched" |
| ~ transpose | change key.; "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?" |
| ~ convert, change over | change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy.; "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt" |
| ~ transform | increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage). |
| ~ transform | change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species. |
| ~ transform | convert (one form of energy) to another.; "transform energy to light" |
| ~ transmute | alter the nature of (elements). |
| ~ transform, transmute, transubstantiate | change or alter in form, appearance, or nature.; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another" |
| ~ ash | convert into ashes. |
| ~ translate, transform | change from one form or medium into another.; "Braque translated collage into oil" |
| ~ reform, reclaim, rectify, regenerate | bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one.; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct" |
| ~ convert | cause to adopt a new or different faith.; "The missionaries converted the Indian population" |
| ~ islamise, islamize | cause to conform to Islamic law.; "Islamize the dietary laws" |
| ~ reverse, invert, turn back | turn inside out or upside down. |
| ~ invert | make an inversion (in a musical composition).; "here the theme is inverted" |
| ~ customise, customize | make according to requirements.; "customize a car" |
| ~ personalise, personalize, individualise, individualize | make personal or more personal.; "personalized service" |
| ~ depersonalise, depersonalize, objectify | make impersonal or present as an object.; "Will computers depersonalize human interactions?"; "Pornography objectifies women" |
| ~ sharpen | raise the pitch of (musical notes). |
| ~ flatten, drop | lower the pitch of (musical notes). |
| ~ disintegrate | cause to undergo fission or lose particles. |
| ~ magnetize, magnetise | make magnetic.; "The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings" |
| ~ degauss, demagnetise, demagnetize | make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of).; "demagnetize the iron shavings"; "they degaussed the ship" |
| ~ simplify | make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent.; "We had to simplify the instructions"; "this move will simplify our lives" |
| ~ rarify, complicate, refine, elaborate | make more complex, intricate, or richer.; "refine a design or pattern" |
| ~ refine | make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of.; "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation" |
| ~ complicate, perplex | make more complicated.; "There was a new development that complicated the matter" |
| ~ pressurise, pressurize, supercharge | increase the pressure on a gas or liquid. |
| ~ centralise, centralize, concentrate | make central.; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food" |
| ~ decentralise, decentralize, deconcentrate | make less central.; "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized" |
| ~ socialise, socialize | make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies.; "Health care should be socialized!" |
| ~ gear up, prepare, ready, set, fix, set up | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" |
| ~ internationalise, internationalize | make international in character.; "We internationalized the committee" |
| ~ bolshevise, bolshevize, communise, communize | make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles.; "communize the government" |
| ~ europeanize, europeanise | make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas. |
| ~ europeanise, europeanize | denationalize and subject (a territory) to the supervision of an agency of a European community of nations. |
| ~ bestialise, bestialize | make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to. |
| ~ americanise, americanize | make American in character.; "The year in the US has completely Americanized him" |
| ~ frenchify | make French in appearance or character.; "let's Frenchify the restaurant and charge more money" |
| ~ civilise, civilize | raise from a barbaric to a civilized state.; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized" |
| ~ nationalize, nationalise | put under state control or ownership.; "Mitterand nationalized the banks" |
| ~ denationalise, denationalize | put under private control or ownership.; "The steel industry was denationalized" |
| ~ naturalize, naturalise | make into a citizen.; "The French family was naturalized last year" |
| ~ denaturalise, denaturalize | strip of the rights and duties of citizenship.; "The former Nazi was denaturalized" |
| ~ naturalise, naturalize | make more natural or lifelike. |
| ~ denaturalise, denaturalize | make less natural or unnatural. |
| ~ even, even out | become even or more even.; "even out the surface" |
| ~ equalise, equalize, equal, equate, match | make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching.; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors" |
| ~ stiffen | make stiff or stiffer.; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine" |
| ~ loosen, loose | make loose or looser.; "loosen the tension on a rope" |
| ~ tighten, fasten | make tight or tighter.; "Tighten the wire" |
| ~ transitivise, transitivize | make transitive.; "adding `out' to many verbs transitivizes them" |
| ~ detransitivise, detransitivize, intransitivise, intransitivize | intransitivize.; "removing the object will intransitivize the verbs" |
| ~ thicken, inspissate | make thick or thicker.; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch" |
| ~ full | make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering. |
| ~ diversify | make (more) diverse.; "diversify a course of study" |
| ~ decelerate, slow down | reduce the speed of.; "He slowed down the car" |
| ~ deaden | make vapid or deprive of spirit.; "deadened wine" |
| ~ accelerate, speed up, speed | cause to move faster.; "He accelerated the car" |
| ~ retard, delay, check | slow the growth or development of.; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| ~ liquidise, liquify, liquefy, liquidize | make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating.; "liquefy the silver" |
| ~ solvate | cause a solvation in (a substance). |
| ~ dissolve | cause to fade away.; "dissolve a shot or a picture" |
| ~ validate | make valid or confirm the validity of.; "validate a ticket" |
| ~ vitiate, void, invalidate | take away the legal force of or render ineffective.; "invalidate a contract" |
| ~ empty | make void or empty of contents.; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building" |
| ~ fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense.; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" |
| ~ saturate | cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance. |
| ~ clot, coagulate | cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state. |
| ~ louden | cause to become loud. |
| ~ renormalise, renormalize, normalise, normalize | make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard.; "normalize relations with China"; "normalize the temperature"; "normalize the spelling" |
| ~ morph | cause to change shape in a computer animation.; "The computer programmer morphed the image" |
| ~ neutralise, neutralize | make chemically neutral.; "She neutralized the solution" |
| ~ commercialise, commercialize, market | make commercial.; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life" |
| ~ purify, sanctify, purge | make pure or free from sin or guilt.; "he left the monastery purified" |
| ~ mechanise, mechanize | make mechanical.; "mechanize the procedure" |
| ~ automate, automatise, automatize | make automatic or control or operate automatically.; "automatize the production"; "automate the movement of the robot" |
| ~ automatise, automatize | turn into an automaton. |
| ~ mechanise, mechanize | make monotonous; make automatic or routine.; "If your work becomes too mechanized, change jobs!" |
| ~ chord, harmonise, harmonize | bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing. |
| ~ polarise, polarize | cause to vibrate in a definite pattern.; "polarize light waves" |
| ~ glorify | bestow glory upon.; "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic" |
| ~ contaminate | make radioactive by adding radioactive material.; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated" |
| ~ devalue | lower the value or quality of.; "The tear devalues the painting" |
| ~ insulate | protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material.; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came" |
| ~ calcify | convert into lime.; "the salts calcified the rock" |
| ~ urbanize, urbanise | make more industrial or city-like.; "The area was urbanized after many people moved in" |
| ~ urbanise, urbanize | impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon.; "Birds are being urbanized by people in outdoor cafes feeding them" |
| ~ emulsify | cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion. |
| ~ demulsify | cause to demulsify. |
| ~ decarboxylate | remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound). |
| ~ nazify | cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character.; "Hitler nazified Germany in the 1930's"; "The arts were nazified everywhere in Germany" |
| ~ fecundate, fertilise, fertilize | make fertile or productive.; "The course fertilized her imagination" |
| ~ clarify | make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating.; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer" |
| ~ embrittle | make brittle. |
| ~ mark | make or leave a mark on.; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads" |
| ~ nick | divide or reset the tail muscles of.; "nick horses" |
| ~ disable, disenable, incapacitate | make unable to perform a certain action.; "disable this command on your computer" |
| ~ enable | render capable or able for some task.; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain" |
| ~ de-emphasise, de-emphasize, destress | reduce the emphasis. |
| ~ tenderise, tenderize, tender | make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer.; "tenderize meat" |
| ~ charge | cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on.; "charge a conductor" |
| ~ bubble | cause to form bubbles.; "bubble gas through a liquid" |
| ~ sweeten | make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable.; "sweeten a deal" |
| ~ iodinate | cause to combine with iodine.; "iodinate thyroxine" |
| ~ ionate | add ions to. |
| ~ archaise, archaize | give an archaic appearance of character to.; "archaized craftwork" |
| ~ inform | give character or essence to.; "The principles that inform modern teaching" |
| ~ officialise, officialize | make official.; "We officialized our relationship" |
| ~ occidentalise, occidentalize, westernise, westernize | make western in character.; "The country was Westernized after it opened up" |
| ~ orientalise, orientalize | make oriental in character.; "orientalize your garden" |
| ~ acetylate, acetylise, acetylize | introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound). |
| ~ achromatise, achromatize | remove color from.; "achromatize the lenses" |
| ~ collimate, parallel | make or place parallel to something.; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway" |
| ~ camp | give an artificially banal or sexual quality to. |
| ~ classicise, classicize | make classic or classical. |
| ~ conventionalise, conventionalize | make conventional or adapt to conventions.; "conventionalized behavior" |
| ~ decimalise, decimalize | change from fractions to decimals.; "Stock prices will be decimalized in the year 2000" |
| ~ dizzy | make dizzy or giddy.; "a dizzying pace" |
| ~ envenom, poison | add poison to.; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her" |
| ~ exteriorise, objectify, exteriorize, externalise, externalize | make external or objective, or give reality to.; "language externalizes our thoughts" |
| ~ glamorise, glamourize, glamorize, glamourise | make glamorous and attractive.; "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!" |
| ~ introvert | turn inside.; "He introverted his feelings" |
| ~ laicise, laicize | reduce to lay status.; "laicize the parochial schools" |
| ~ politicise, politicize | give a political character to.; "politicize the discussion" |
| ~ radicalize | make more radical in social or political outlook.; "Her work in the developing world radicalized her" |
| ~ proof | activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk.; "proof yeast" |
| ~ romanticise, romanticize | make romantic in style.; "The designer romanticized the little black dress" |
| ~ rusticate | lend a rustic character to.; "rusticate the house in the country" |
| ~ sauce | add zest or flavor to, make more interesting.; "sauce the roast" |
| ~ shallow, shoal | make shallow.; "The silt shallowed the canal" |
| ~ tense | increase the tension on.; "alternately relax and tense your calf muscle"; "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring" |
| ~ steepen | make steeper.; "The landslides have steepened the mountain sides" |
| ~ scramble | make unintelligible.; "scramble the message so that nobody can understand it" |
| ~ unscramble | make intelligible.; "Can you unscramble the message?" |
| ~ unsex | remove the qualities typical of one's sex.; "She unsexed herself" |
| ~ vitrify | change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat. |
| ~ pall | cause to become flat.; "pall the beer" |
| ~ saponify | convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali.; "saponify oils and fats" |
| ~ expand, extend | expand the influence of.; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent" |
| ~ set aside, suspend | make inoperative or stop.; "suspend payments on the loan" |
| ~ muddy | make turbid.; "muddy the water" |
| ~ transform | subject to a mathematical transformation. |
| ~ elevate, lift, raise | raise in rank or condition.; "The new law lifted many people from poverty" |
| ~ harshen | make harsh or harsher.; "Winter harshened the look of the city" |
| ~ dinge | make dingy. |
| ~ demonise, demonize | make into a demon.; "Power had demonized him" |
| ~ devilise, devilize, diabolise, diabolize | turn into a devil or make devilish.; "Man devilized by war" |
| ~ etherealize, etherialise | make ethereal. |
| ~ immaterialise, immaterialize, unsubstantialise, unsubstantialize | render immaterial or incorporeal. |
| ~ animise, animize, animate | give lifelike qualities to.; "animated cartoons" |
| ~ clear | make clear, bright, light, or translucent.; "The water had to be cleared through filtering" |
| ~ dynamise, dynamize | make (a drug) effective.; "dynamized medicine" |
| ~ dynamise, dynamize | make more dynamic.; "She was dynamized by her desire to go to grad school" |
| ~ rarefy, sublimate, subtilize | make more subtle or refined. |
| ~ volatilise, volatilize | make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor. |
| ~ uniformise, uniformize | make uniform.; "the data have been uniformized" |
| ~ symmetrise, symmetrize | make symmetric.; "symmetrized waves" |
| ~ eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalise, immortalize | make famous forever.; "This melody immortalized its composer" |
| ~ denature | make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes. |
| ~ denature | modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished. |
| ~ denature | add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb. |
| ~ sanitise, sanitize | make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features.; "sanitize a document before releasing it to the press"; "sanitize history"; "sanitize the language in a book" |
| ~ verbify | make into a verb.; "'mouse' has been verbified by computer users" |
| ~ shift | move from one setting or context to another.; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention" |
| ~ sputter | cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed.; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust" |
| ~ draw | bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition.; "She was drawn to despair"; "The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum"; "The session was drawn to a close" |
| ~ make | change from one form into another.; "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks" |
| ~ dope | add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties.; "The resistors have been doped" |
| ~ prostrate | render helpless or defenseless.; "They prostrated the enemy" |
| ~ excite | produce a magnetic field in.; "excite the neurons" |
| ~ energise, energize, excite | raise to a higher energy level.; "excite the atoms" |
| ~ shake | bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking.; "He was shaken from his dreams"; "shake the salt out of the salt shaker" |
| ~ outmode | make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete.; "Modern ways of cooking have outmoded the hearth" |
| ~ spice, spice up | make more interesting or flavorful.; "Spice up the evening by inviting a belly dancer" |
| ~ shorten | make short or shorter.; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches" |
| ~ think | bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation.; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam" |
| ~ make | cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable.; "make my day" |
| ~ deflate | produce deflation in.; "The new measures deflated the economy" |
| ~ inflate | cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit.; "The war inflated the economy" |
| ~ reflate | economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation.; "These measures reflated the economy" |
| ~ digitalise, digitalize, digitise, digitize | put into digital form, as for use in a computer.; "he bought a device to digitize the data" |
| ~ gelatinise, gelatinize | convert into gelatinous form or jelly.; "hot water will gelatinize starch" |
| ~ recombine | cause genetic recombination.; "should scientists recombine DNA?" |
| ~ effeminise, effeminize, feminise, feminize, womanize | to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to.; "This hairdo feminizes the man" |
| ~ masculinise, virilise, virilize, masculinize | produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy.; "the drugs masculinized the teenage girl" |
| ~ masculinize | give a masculine appearance or character to.; "Fashion designers have masculinized women's looks in the 1990s" |
| ~ disharmonize, dissonate | cause to sound harsh and unpleasant. |
| ~ sexualise, sexualize | make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to.; "The god was sexualized and married to another god"; "Some languages sexualize all nouns and do not have a neuter gender" |
| ~ schematise, schematize | give conventional form to.; "some art forms schematise designs into geometrical patterns" |
| ~ patent | make open to sight or notice.; "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him" |
| ~ constitutionalise, constitutionalize | incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional.; "A woman's right to an abortion was constitutionalized in the 1970's" |
| ~ rationalise, rationalize | remove irrational quantities from.; "This function can be rationalized" |
| ~ plasticise, plasticize | make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer.; "plasticized PVC" |
| ~ rarefy | lessen the density or solidity of.; "The bones are rarefied" |
| ~ paganise, paganize | make pagan in character.; "The Church paganized Christianity" |
| ~ incandesce | cause to become incandescent or glow.; "the lamp was incandesced" |
| ~ deaminate, deaminize | remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination. |
| ~ angulate | make or become angular. |
| ~ circularize | make circular. |
| ~ sensitise, sensitize | make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion.; "sensitize the photographic film" |
| ~ sensitise, sensitize | make sensitive to a drug or allergen.; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen" |
| ~ depolarise, depolarize | eliminate the polarization of. |
| ~ intensify | make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark. |
| ~ isomerise, isomerize | cause to change into an isomer. |
| ~ legitimate | make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone).; "They legitimized their natural child" |
| ~ vaporise, evaporate | cause to change into a vapor.; "The chemist evaporated the water" |
| ~ industrialise, industrialize | organize (the production of something) into an industry.; "The Chinese industrialized textile production" |
| ~ opacify | make opaque.; "The glass was opacified more greater privacy" |
| ~ opsonize | make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes. |
| ~ militarise, militarize | adopt for military use.; "militarize the Civil Service" |
| ~ nationalise, nationalize | make national in character or scope.; "His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press" |
| ~ recommend | make attractive or acceptable.; "Honesty recommends any person" |
| ~ sentimentalise, sentimentalize | make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities.; "Too much poetry sentimentalizes the mind"; "These experiences have sentimentalized her" |
| ~ solemnise, solemnize | make solemn and grave.; "This ceremony solemnized our hearts" |
| ~ territorialise, territorialize | place on a territorial basis.; "The railways were territorialized" |
| ~ transaminate | change (an amino group) by transferring it from one compound to another. |
| ~ transfigure, spiritualize, glorify | elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration. |
| ~ unsanctify | remove the sanctification from or make unsanctified. |
| ~ vesiculate | cause to become vesicular or full of air cells.; "vesiculate an organ" |
| ~ visualise, visualize | make visible.; "With this machine, ultrasound can be visualized" |
| ~ variegate | change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors. |
| ~ ventilate | furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape.; "The architect did not think about ventilating the storage space" |
| ~ vivify | make more striking or animated.; "his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story" |
| ~ vulgarise, vulgarize | debase and make vulgar.; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage" |
| ~ supple | make pliant and flexible.; "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use" |
| ~ professionalise, professionalize | make professional or give a professional character to.; "Philosophy has not always been professionalized and used to be a subject pursued only by amateurs" |
| ~ smut | make obscene.; "This line in the play smuts the entire act" |
| ~ still | make motionless. |
| ~ weaponize | make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon.; "Will modern physicists weaponize String Theory?" |
| ~ eroticize, sex up | give erotic character to or make more interesting.; "eroticize the ads" |
| ~ piggyback | bring into alignment with.; "an amendment to piggyback the current law" |
| ~ port | modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform. |
| ~ lifehack | make one's day-to-day activities more efficient. |
| ~ cloud | make less clear.; "the stroke clouded memories of her youth" |
| ~ obnubilate, obscure, blur, confuse | make unclear, indistinct, or blurred.; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" |
| ~ tame, tone down, moderate | make less strong or intense; soften.; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements" |
| ~ obfuscate | make obscure or unclear. |
| ~ synchronise, synchronize | make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action.; "synchronize this film" |
| ~ mince, moderate, soften | make less severe or harsh.; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears" |
| ~ militarise, militarize | lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force.; "militarize Germany again after the war" |
| ~ break down, crush | make ineffective.; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination" |
| ~ fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, flesh out, plump out, plump, fill out | make fat or plump.; "We will plump out that poor starving child" |
| ~ disturb, touch | tamper with.; "Don't touch my CDs!" |
| ~ dull | make dull in appearance.; "Age had dulled the surface" |
| ~ blunt, dull | make dull or blunt.; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge" |
| ~ sharpen | make sharp or sharper.; "sharpen the knives" |
| ~ coarsen | make or become coarse or coarser.; "coarsen the surface"; "Their minds coarsened" |
| ~ loosen | make less dense.; "loosen the soil" |
| ~ untie, undo, loosen | cause to become loose.; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie" |
| ~ barb | provide with barbs.; "barbed wire" |
| ~ string | provide with strings.; "string my guitar" |
| ~ straighten, straighten out | make straight. |
| ~ bring | cause to come into a particular state or condition.; "Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence"; "bring water to the boiling point" |
| ~ amalgamate, commix, mingle, unify, mix | to bring or combine together or with something else.; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" |
| ~ charge | fill or load to capacity.; "charge the wagon with hay" |
| ~ put | cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation.; "That song put me in awful good humor"; "put your ideas in writing" |
| ~ clean, make clean | make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from.; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth" |
| ~ begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil | make soiled, filthy, or dirty.; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" |
| ~ depress, lower | cause to drop or sink.; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir" |
| ~ deform | make formless.; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture" |
| ~ break up, break | destroy the completeness of a set of related items.; "The book dealer would not break the set" |
| ~ alter | make an alteration to.; "This dress needs to be altered" |
| ~ adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, beautify, embellish | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" |
| ~ humanise, humanize | make more humane.; "The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city" |
| ~ humble | cause to be unpretentious.; "This experience will humble him" |
| ~ alienate, disaffect, alien, estrange | arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness.; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious" |
| ~ right | put in or restore to an upright position.; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized" |
| ~ desensitise, desensitize | cause not to be sensitive.; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized" |
| ~ deodorise, deodorize, deodourise | eliminate the odor from.; "This stick will deodorize your armpits" |
| ~ develop | make visible by means of chemical solutions.; "Please develop this roll of film for me" |
| ~ blur | to make less distinct or clear.; "The haze blurs the hills" |
| ~ blind | make blind by putting the eyes out.; "The criminals were punished and blinded" |
| ~ change intensity | increase or decrease in intensity. |
| ~ change taste | alter the flavor of. |
| ~ interchange, substitute, replace, exchange | put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items.; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning" |
| ~ capture | bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit.; "This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons"; "The star captured a comet" |
| ~ contribute, lend, impart, add, bestow, bring | bestow a quality on.; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" |
| ~ reestablish, reinstate, restore | bring back into original existence, use, function, or position.; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne" |
| ~ liberalize, liberalise | make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules. |
| ~ redress, right, correct, compensate | make reparations or amends for.; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" |
| ~ democratise, democratize | introduce democratic reforms; of nations. |
| ~ neutralize | make politically neutral and thus inoffensive.; "The treaty neutralized the small republic" |
| ~ corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, vitiate, subvert | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" |
| ~ loosen, relax | make less severe or strict.; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught" |
| ~ unify, unite | bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation.; "the Democratic Patry platform united several splinter groups" |
| ~ flocculate | cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate.; "The chemist flocculated the suspended material" |
| ~ turn | cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics.; "The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him"; "The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold" |
| ~ cohere | cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole.; "Religion can cohere social groups" |
| v. (change) | 12. 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" |
| ~ refreshen, freshen, freshen up, refresh | become or make oneself fresh again.; "She freshened up after the tennis game" |
| ~ dress, get dressed | put on clothes.; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?" |
| ~ acquire, develop, produce, grow, get | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).; "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" |
| ~ regenerate | undergo regeneration. |
| ~ shade | pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree.; "the butterfly wings shade to yellow" |
| ~ gel | become a gel.; "The solid, when heated, gelled" |
| ~ animalise, animalize, brutalise, brutalize | become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling. |
| ~ convert | change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change.; "The substance converts to an acid" |
| ~ creolize | develop into a creole.; "pidgins often creolize" |
| ~ mutate | undergo mutation.; "cells mutate" |
| ~ experience, have | undergo.; "The stocks had a fast run-up" |
| ~ decrepitate | undergo decrepitation and crackle.; "The salt decrepitated" |
| ~ suburbanise, suburbanize | take on suburban character.; "the city suburbanized" |
| ~ roll up, roll | show certain properties when being rolled.; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly" |
| ~ glass over, glaze, glaze over, glass | become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance.; "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored" |
| ~ grow, turn | pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become.; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" |
| ~ barbarise, barbarize | become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language. |
| ~ alkalinise, alkalinize | become alkaline. |
| ~ change by reversal, reverse, turn | change to the contrary.; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| ~ change form, change shape, deform | assume a different shape or form. |
| ~ form | assume a form or shape.; "the water formed little beads" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ adapt, conform, adjust | adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions.; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" |
| ~ climb up, jump, rise | rise in rank or status.; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list" |
| ~ assimilate | become similar in sound.; "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant" |
| ~ dissimilate | become dissimilar or less similar.; "These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time" |
| ~ dissimilate | become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities.; "These consonants dissimilate" |
| ~ change magnitude | change in size or magnitude. |
| ~ modify | make less severe or harsh or extreme.; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" |
| ~ deaden | become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor. |
| ~ break | be broken in.; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress" |
| ~ decay, dilapidate, crumble | fall into decay or ruin.; "The unoccupied house started to decay" |
| ~ mildew, mold | become moldy; spoil due to humidity.; "The furniture molded in the old house" |
| ~ hydrate | become hydrated and combine with water. |
| ~ dry out, dry | become dry or drier.; "The laundry dries in the sun" |
| ~ strengthen | gain strength.; "His body strengthened" |
| ~ distill, distil | undergo the process of distillation. |
| ~ deoxidise, deoxidize, reduce | to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons. |
| ~ crack | break into simpler molecules by means of heat.; "The petroleum cracked" |
| ~ oxidise, oxidate, oxidize | add oxygen to or combine with oxygen. |
| ~ oxidate, oxidize, oxidise | enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide.; "This metal oxidizes easily" |
| ~ grow | become attached by or as if by the process of growth.; "The tree trunks had grown together" |
| ~ mellow out, mellow, melt | become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial.; "With age, he mellowed" |
| ~ soften | become soft or softer.; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it" |
| ~ ionise, ionize | become converted into ions. |
| ~ stabilise, stabilize | become stable or more stable.; "The economy stabilized" |
| ~ destabilise, destabilize | become unstable.; "The economy destabilized rapidly" |
| ~ lighten up, lighten | become lighter.; "The room lightened up" |
| ~ discolour, discolor, color, colour | change color, often in an undesired manner.; "The shirts discolored" |
| ~ discolor | lose color or turn colorless.; "The painting discolored" |
| ~ narrow, contract | make or become more narrow or restricted.; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed" |
| ~ darken | become dark or darker.; "The sky darkened" |
| ~ dim | become dim or lusterless.; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose" |
| ~ boil | immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes.; "boil potatoes"; "boil wool" |
| ~ crack, check, break | become fractured; break or crack on the surface only.; "The glass cracked when it was heated" |
| ~ transpire | come to light; become known.; "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany" |
| ~ resume, take up | return to a previous location or condition.; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it" |
| ~ change surface | undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface. |
| ~ sublime, sublimate | vaporize and then condense right back again. |
| ~ cool down, cool off, cool | lose intensity.; "His enthusiasm cooled considerably" |
| ~ warm up | become more friendly or open.; "She warmed up after we had lunch together" |
| ~ warm, warm up | get warm or warmer.; "The soup warmed slowly on the stove" |
| ~ transmute, metamorphose, transform | change in outward structure or looks.; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle" |
| ~ convert | change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief.; "She converted to Buddhism" |
| ~ dull | become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness.; "the varnished table top dulled with time" |
| ~ complexify, ramify | have or develop complicating consequences.; "These actions will ramify" |
| ~ americanise, americanize | become American in character.; "After a year in Iowa, he has totally Americanized" |
| ~ modernise, modernize, develop | become technologically advanced.; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly" |
| ~ stiffen | become stiff or stiffer.; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room" |
| ~ tighten | become tight or tighter.; "The rope tightened" |
| ~ conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go | stop operating or functioning.; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
| ~ yield, give way | end resistance, as under pressure or force.; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram" |
| ~ harden, indurate | become hard or harder.; "The wax hardened" |
| ~ harden, indurate | make hard or harder.; "The cold hardened the butter" |
| ~ suffuse | to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light.; "His whole frame suffused with a cold dew" |
| ~ hush | become quiet or still; fall silent.; "hush my baby!" |
| ~ normalise, normalize | become normal or return to its normal state.; "Let us hope that relations with this country will normalize soon" |
| ~ reorient | set or arrange in a new or different determinate position.; "Orient the house towards the South" |
| ~ purify | become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin.; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify" |
| ~ digest | become assimilated into the body.; "Protein digests in a few hours" |
| ~ regress | go back to a statistical means. |
| ~ foul | become soiled and dirty. |
| ~ decalcify | lose calcium or calcium compounds. |
| ~ industrialise, industrialize | develop industry; become industrial.; "The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West" |
| ~ decarboxylate | lose a carboxyl group.; "the compound decarboxylated" |
| ~ spot | become spotted.; "This dress spots quickly" |
| ~ incur, obtain, receive, get, find | receive a specified treatment (abstract).; "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" |
| ~ acetylate, acetylise, acetylize | receive substitution of an acetyl group.; "the compounds acetylated" |
| ~ take on, acquire, assume, adopt, take | take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect.; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables" |
| ~ prim | assume a prim appearance.; "They mince and prim" |
| ~ capacitate | cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg. |
| ~ caseate | become cheeselike.; "necrotic tissue caseates" |
| ~ caseate | turn into cheese.; "The milk caseated" |
| ~ clinker | turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning. |
| ~ cure | be or become preserved.; "the apricots cure in the sun" |
| ~ dawn | become light.; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up" |
| ~ salinate | add salt to.; "salinated solution" |
| ~ desalinate, desalinise, desalinize, desalt | remove salt from.; "desalinate water" |
| ~ shallow, shoal | become shallow.; "the lake shallowed over time" |
| ~ steepen | become steeper.; "The mountain side has steepened" |
| ~ superannuate | become obsolete. |
| ~ ulcerate | undergo ulceration.; "Her stomach ulcerated" |
| ~ vitrify | undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like. |
| ~ vulcanise, vulcanize | undergo vulcanization.; "vulcanize rubber" |
| ~ pall, dull | become less interesting or attractive. |
| ~ become flat, pall, die | lose sparkle or bouquet.; "wine and beer can pall" |
| ~ saponify | become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali.; "the oil saponified" |
| ~ move, go, run | progress by being changed.; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting" |
| ~ come | reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position.; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true" |
| ~ catch | be struck or affected by.; "catch fire"; "catch the mood" |
| ~ catch on | become popular.; "This fashion caught on in Paris" |
| ~ grow, develop | grow emotionally or mature.; "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior" |
| ~ fly | change quickly from one emotional state to another.; "fly into a rage" |
| ~ develop, evolve, acquire | gain through experience.; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting" |
| ~ assibilate | change into a sibilant.; "In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese" |
| ~ smoothen | become smooth. |
| ~ turn on | become hostile towards.; "The dog suddenly turned on the mailman" |
| ~ drop | change from one level to another.; "She dropped into army jargon" |
| ~ break into | change pace.; "The dancers broke into a cha-cha"; "The horse broke into a gallop" |
| ~ deepen, change | become deeper in tone.; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password" |
| ~ concretise, concretize | become specific.; "the idea concretized in her mind" |
| ~ decay | undergo decay or decomposition.; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated" |
| ~ commute, transpose | exchange positions without a change in value.; "These operators commute with each other" |
| ~ introject | incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one's personality unconsciously. |
| ~ shift | change in quality.; "His tone shifted" |
| ~ swing | alternate dramatically between high and low values.; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down" |
| ~ fall | be cast down.; "his eyes fell" |
| ~ fall | assume a disappointed or sad expression.; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell" |
| ~ reflate | economics: experience reflation.; "The economy reflated after the Fed took extreme measures" |
| ~ hydrolyse, hydrolyze | undergo hydrolysis; decompose by reacting with water. |
| ~ fold up, fold | become folded or folded up.; "The bed folds in a jiffy" |
| ~ gelatinise, gelatinize | become gelatinous or change into a jelly.; "the starch gelatinized when it was heated" |
| ~ felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte, matte up, mat, felt | change texture so as to become matted and felt-like.; "The fabric felted up after several washes" |
| ~ recombine | undergo genetic recombination.; "The DNA can recombine" |
| ~ feminise, feminize | assume (more) feminine characteristics.; "feminized language"; "feminized frogs" |
| ~ obsolesce | become obsolete, fall into disuse.; "This word has not obsolesced, although it is rarely used" |
| ~ plasticise, plasticize | become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added. |
| ~ recede | become faint or more distant.; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older" |
| ~ defervesce | experience an abatement of a fever. |
| ~ incandesce | become incandescent or glow with heat.; "an incandescing body" |
| ~ calcify | become inflexible and unchanging.; "Old folks can calcify" |
| ~ drift | be subject to fluctuation.; "The stock market drifted upward" |
| ~ play out | become spent or exhausted.; "The champion's strength played out fast" |
| ~ conjugate | undergo conjugation. |
| ~ isomerise, isomerize | change into an isomer. |
| ~ vaporise, evaporate | change into a vapor.; "The water evaporated in front of our eyes" |
| ~ indurate | become fixed or established.; "indurated customs" |
| ~ gradate | pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone into another.; "The paint on these walls gradates but you don't see it" |
| ~ keratinise, keratinize | become horny and impregnated with keratin. |
| ~ opacify | become opaque.; "the tissue in the eye's cornea may opacify and the patient may go blind" |
| ~ mature | become due for repayment.; "These bonds mature in 2005" |
| ~ rejuvenate | develop youthful topographical features.; "the land rejuvenated" |
| ~ sequester | undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion.; "The cations were sequestered" |
| ~ transaminate | undergo transfer from one compound to another.; "amino groups can transaminate" |
| ~ vesiculate | become vesicular or full of air cells.; "The organs vesiculated" |
| ~ undulate | increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves.; "The singer's voice undulated" |
| ~ vascularise, vascularize | become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids.; "The egg yolk vascularized" |
| ~ crash | undergo a sudden and severe downturn.; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?" |
| ~ professionalise, professionalize | become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood. |
| ~ shift | change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change.; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted" |
| ~ flip out, flip | go mad, go crazy.; "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off" |
| ~ gum | become sticky. |
| ~ repress | block the action of. |
| ~ shear | become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain. |
| ~ damage | suffer or be susceptible to damage.; "These fine china cups damage easily" |
| ~ synthesize | combine and form a synthesis.; "Vitamin D only synthesizes when sunlight is available" |
| ~ come around, come round | change one's position or opinion.; "He came around to our point of view" |
| ~ promote | be changed for a superior chess or checker piece. |
| ~ divide, part, separate | come apart.; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" |
| ~ format, arrange | set (printed matter) into a specific format.; "Format this letter so it can be printed out" |
| ~ fall for | fall in love with; become infatuated with.; "She fell for the man from Brazil" |
| ~ move up, rise, ascend | move to a better position in life or to a better job.; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ settle | become clear by the sinking of particles.; "the liquid gradually settled" |
| ~ cave in, collapse, fall in, give way, founder, give, break | break down, literally or metaphorically.; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" |
| ~ undergo | pass through.; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation" |
| ~ solarise, solarize | become overexposed.; "The film solarized" |
| ~ occult | become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished.; "The beam of light occults every so often" |
| ~ pass | transfer to another; of rights or property.; "Our house passed under his official control" |
| ~ pull up stakes, depart, leave | remove oneself from an association with or participation in.; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes" |
| ~ liberalise, liberalize | become more liberal.; "The laws liberalized after Prohibition" |
| ~ stratify | develop different social levels, classes, or castes.; "Society stratifies when the income gap widens" |
| ~ democratise, democratize | become (more) democratic; of nations. |
| ~ loosen, relax | become less severe or strict.; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived" |
| ~ reticulate | form a net or a network. |
| ~ flocculate | form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass.; "the protoplasms flocculated" |
| ~ carbonate | turn into a carbonate. |
| ~ come in | come into fashion; become fashionable. |
| ~ go out | go out of fashion; become unfashionable. |
| ~ stagnate | cause to stagnate.; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters" |
| ~ make | undergo fabrication or creation.; "This wool makes into a nice sweater" |
| ~ frost over, ice over, ice up | become covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window.; "When the wings iced up, the pilot was forced to land his plane" |
| v. (change) | 13. alter, change, vary | become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence.; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season" |
| ~ alternate, jump | go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions. |
| ~ crackle | to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks.; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand" |
| ~ modulate | vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves). |
| ~ avianise, avianize | to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo. |
| ~ move | go or proceed from one point to another.; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" |
| ~ adapt, accommodate | make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" |
| ~ widen, let out | make (clothes) larger.; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight" |
| ~ take in | make (clothes) smaller.; "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight" |
| ~ branch out, broaden, diversify | vary in order to spread risk or to expand.; "The company diversified" |
| ~ diversify, radiate | spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate.; "The plants on this island diversified" |
| ~ specialize, narrow down, narrow, specialise | become more focus on an area of activity or field of study.; "She specializes in Near Eastern history" |
| ~ honeycomb | make full of cavities, like a honeycomb. |
| ~ break | vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity.; "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas" |
| v. (change) | 14. change, shift, switch | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" |
| ~ exchange, convert, commute, change | exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category.; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares" |
| ~ change | change clothes; put on different clothes.; "Change before you go to the opera" |
| ~ transition | make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another).; "The airline transitioned to more fuel-efficient jets"; "The adagio transitioned into an allegro" |
| ~ shift | change gears.; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill" |
| ~ break | change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another.; "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children" |
| ~ channel-surf, surf | switch channels, on television. |
| ~ leap, jump | pass abruptly from one state or topic to another.; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another" |
| ~ diphthongise, diphthongize | change from a simple vowel to a diphthong.; "This vowel diphthongized in Germanic" |
| ~ cut | make an abrupt change of image or sound.; "cut from one scene to another" |
| ~ break | change directions suddenly. |
| v. (change) | 15. change | change clothes; put on different clothes.; "Change before you go to the opera" |
| ~ dress, get dressed | put on clothes.; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?" |
| ~ switch, change, shift | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" |
| v. (change) | 16. change, commute, convert, exchange | exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category.; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (possession) | 17. change, exchange, interchange | give to, and receive from, one another.; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year" |
| ~ transfer | cause to change ownership.; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children" |
| ~ sell | exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent.; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" |
| ~ cash, cash in | exchange for cash.; "I cashed the check as soon as it arrived in the mail" |
| ~ ransom, redeem | exchange or buy back for money; under threat. |
| ~ redeem | to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange. |
| ~ stand in, sub, substitute, fill in | be a substitute.; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet" |
| ~ swap, swop, switch, trade | exchange or give (something) in exchange for. |
| ~ barter | exchange goods without involving money. |
| ~ trade in, trade | turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase.; "trade in an old car for a new one" |
| v. (motion) | 18. change, transfer | change from one vehicle or transportation line to another.; "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| v. (change) | 19. change, deepen | become deeper in tone.; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (change) | 20. change | remove or replace the coverings of.; "Father had to learn how to change the baby"; "After each guest we changed the bed linens" |
| ~ 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" |
| relocation | | |
| n. (act) | 1. relocation, resettlement | the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind). |
| ~ transfer, transferral, transportation, conveyance, transport | the act of moving something from one location to another. |
| n. (act) | 2. move, relocation | the act of changing your residence or place of business.; "they say that three moves equal one fire" |
| ~ flit | a secret move (to avoid paying debts).; "they did a moonlight flit" |
| ~ change | the action of changing something.; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" |
| ~ overspill | the relocation of people from overcrowded cities; they are accommodated in new houses or apartments in smaller towns. |
| transition | | |
| n. (act) | 1. passage, transition | the act of passing from one state or place to the next. |
| ~ change of state | the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics. |
| ~ fossilisation, fossilization | becoming inflexible or out of date. |
| ~ segue | the act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another. |
| n. (event) | 2. changeover, conversion, transition | an event that results in a transformation. |
| ~ transformation, shift, transmutation | a qualitative change. |
| ~ glycogenesis | the conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand. |
| ~ isomerisation, isomerization | the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself. |
| ~ rectification | the conversion of alternating current to direct current. |
| n. (event) | 3. transition | a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another. |
| ~ alteration, change, modification | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" |
| ~ ground swell | an obvious change of public opinion or political sentiment that occurs without leadership or overt expression.; "there was a ground swell of antiwar sentiment" |
| ~ jump, leap, saltation | an abrupt transition.; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues" |
| n. (communication) | 4. modulation, transition | a musical passage moving from one key to another. |
| ~ musical passage, passage | a short section of a musical composition. |
| n. (communication) | 5. transition | a passage that connects a topic to one that follows. |
| ~ passage | a section of text; particularly a section of medium length. |
| ~ flashback | a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story. |
| ~ flash-forward | a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story. |
| ~ dissolve | (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out. |
| ~ cut | (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next.; "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt" |
| ~ jump | (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another. |
| v. (change) | 6. transition | cause to convert or undergo a transition.; "the company had to transition the old practices to modern technology" |
| ~ convert | change the nature, purpose, or function of something.; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers" |
| ~ transition | make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another).; "The airline transitioned to more fuel-efficient jets"; "The adagio transitioned into an allegro" |
| v. (change) | 7. transition | make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another).; "The airline transitioned to more fuel-efficient jets"; "The adagio transitioned into an allegro" |
| ~ switch, change, shift | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" |
| move | | |
| n. (act) | 1. move | the act of deciding to do something.; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer" |
| ~ decision, determination, conclusion | the act of making up your mind about something.; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly" |
| ~ demarche | a move or step or maneuver in political or diplomatic affairs. |
| ~ tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre, maneuver, manoeuvre | a move made to gain a tactical end. |
| n. (act) | 2. motility, motion, move, movement | a change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" |
| ~ change | the action of changing something.; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" |
| ~ abduction | (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body. |
| ~ adduction | (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body. |
| ~ agitation | the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously). |
| ~ body english | a motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired direction. |
| ~ circumduction | a circular movement of a limb or eye. |
| ~ disturbance | the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion. |
| ~ fetal movement, foetal movement | motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy). |
| ~ flit, dart | a sudden quick movement. |
| ~ gesture | motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling. |
| ~ headshake, headshaking | the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement.; "I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me" |
| ~ inclining, inclination | the act of inclining; bending forward.; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement" |
| ~ everting, eversion, inversion | the act of turning inside out. |
| ~ upending, inversion | turning upside down; setting on end. |
| ~ jerking, jerk, jolt, saccade | an abrupt spasmodic movement. |
| ~ kicking, kick | a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics.; "the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements"; "the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him" |
| ~ kneel, kneeling | supporting yourself on your knees. |
| ~ pitching, lurch, pitch | abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance).; "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting" |
| ~ eye movement | the movement of the eyes. |
| ~ opening | the act of opening something.; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door" |
| ~ prostration | the act of assuming a prostrate position. |
| ~ reaching, stretch, reach | the act of physically reaching or thrusting out. |
| ~ reciprocation | alternating back-and-forth movement. |
| ~ reclining | the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position. |
| ~ retraction | the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back.; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin" |
| ~ retroflection, retroflexion | the act of bending backward. |
| ~ rotary motion, rotation | the act of rotating as if on an axis.; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" |
| ~ closing, shutting | the act of closing something. |
| ~ sitting | the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position.; "he read the mystery at one sitting" |
| ~ posing, sitting | (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait).; "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting" |
| ~ snap | the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand.; "he gave his fingers a snap" |
| ~ squatting, squat | the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels. |
| ~ sweep | a movement in an arc.; "a sweep of his arm" |
| ~ toss | an abrupt movement.; "a toss of his head" |
| ~ vibration, quivering, quiver | the act of vibrating. |
| ~ wave | a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon.; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves" |
| ~ flutter, flicker, waver | the act of moving back and forth. |
| ~ standing | the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position. |
| ~ straddle, span | the act of sitting or standing astride. |
| ~ stroke | a single complete movement. |
| ~ squirm, wiggle, wriggle | the act of wiggling. |
| ~ eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy | the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding. |
| n. (act) | 3. motion, move, movement | the act of changing location from one place to another.; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" |
| ~ change | the action of changing something.; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" |
| ~ coming, approach, approaching | the act of drawing spatially closer to something.; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" |
| ~ forward motion, onward motion, advancement, progress, procession, progression, advance | the act of moving forward (as toward a goal). |
| ~ locomotion, travel | self-propelled movement. |
| ~ lunge, lurch | the act of moving forward suddenly. |
| ~ travel, traveling, travelling | the act of going from one place to another.; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" |
| ~ chase, pursual, pursuit, following | the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture.; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit" |
| ~ ascending, rise, ascent, ascension | the act of changing location in an upward direction. |
| ~ descent | the act of changing your location in a downward direction. |
| ~ swinging, vacillation, swing | changing location by moving back and forth. |
| ~ return | the act of going back to a prior location.; "they set out on their return to the base camp" |
| ~ glide, coast, slide | the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it.; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope" |
| ~ slippage | failing to hold or slipping out of place.; "the knots allowed no slippage" |
| ~ flow, stream | the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression. |
| ~ crawl | a very slow movement.; "the traffic advanced at a crawl" |
| ~ hurrying, speeding, speed | changing location rapidly. |
| ~ displacement, translation | the act of uniform movement. |
| ~ shifting, shift | the act of moving from one place to another.; "his constant shifting disrupted the class" |
| ~ rush, haste, rushing, hurry | the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner.; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" |
| ~ maneuver, manoeuvre, play | a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill.; "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop" |
| ~ migration | the movement of persons from one country or locality to another. |
| n. (act) | 4. move | (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game. |
| ~ chess move | the act of moving a chess piece. |
| ~ game | a contest with rules to determine a winner.; "you need four people to play this game" |
| ~ turn, play | (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession.; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play" |
| v. (motion) | 5. go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ circulate, go around, spread | become widely known and passed on.; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" |
| ~ carry | cover a certain distance or advance beyond.; "The drive carried to the green" |
| ~ ease | move gently or carefully.; "He eased himself into the chair" |
| ~ whish | move with a whishing sound.; "The car whished past her" |
| ~ float | move lightly, as if suspended.; "The dancer floated across the stage" |
| ~ swap | move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science. |
| ~ seek | go to or towards.; "a liquid seeks its own level" |
| ~ whine | move with a whining sound.; "The bullets were whining past us" |
| ~ fly | be dispersed or disseminated.; "Rumors and accusations are flying" |
| ~ ride | move like a floating object.; "The moon rode high in the night sky" |
| ~ come | cover a certain distance.; "She came a long way" |
| ~ ghost | move like a ghost.; "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard" |
| ~ betake oneself | displace oneself; go from one location to another. |
| ~ overfly, pass over | fly over.; "The plane passed over Damascus" |
| ~ travel | undergo transportation as in a vehicle.; "We travelled North on Rte. 508" |
| ~ wend | direct one's course or way.; "wend your way through the crowds" |
| ~ do | travel or traverse (a distance).; "This car does 150 miles per hour"; "We did 6 miles on our hike every day" |
| ~ raft | travel by raft in water.; "Raft the Colorado River" |
| ~ get about, get around | move around; move from place to place.; "How does she get around without a car?" |
| ~ resort, repair | move, travel, or proceed toward some place.; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods" |
| ~ cruise | travel at a moderate speed.; "Please keep your seat belt fastened while the plane is reaching cruising altitude" |
| ~ journey, travel | travel upon or across.; "travel the oceans" |
| ~ come, come up | move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody.; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ round | wind around; move along a circular course.; "round the bend" |
| ~ trundle | move heavily.; "the streetcar trundled down the avenue" |
| ~ push | move strenuously and with effort.; "The crowd pushed forward" |
| ~ travel purposefully | travel volitionally and in a certain direction with a certain goal. |
| ~ swing | change direction with a swinging motion; turn.; "swing back"; "swing forward" |
| ~ roam, rove, stray, vagabond, wander, ramble, range, swan, drift, tramp, cast, roll | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" |
| ~ take the air, walk | take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure.; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday" |
| ~ meander, thread, wind, wander, weave | to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course.; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" |
| ~ spirt, spurt, forge | move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy. |
| ~ crawl, creep | move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground.; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" |
| ~ scramble | to move hurriedly.; "The friend scrambled after them" |
| ~ slither, slide | to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly.; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate" |
| ~ roll, wheel | move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle.; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" |
| ~ glide | move smoothly and effortlessly. |
| ~ jounce, bounce | move up and down repeatedly. |
| ~ breeze | to proceed quickly and easily. |
| ~ be adrift, drift, float, blow | be in motion due to some air or water current.; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" |
| ~ play | move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly.; "The spotlights played on the politicians" |
| ~ float, swim | be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom. |
| ~ swim | move as if gliding through water.; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| ~ move around, turn | pass to the other side of.; "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle" |
| ~ circle | travel around something.; "circle the globe" |
| ~ slice into, slice through | move through a body or an object with a slicing motion.; "His hand sliced through the air" |
| ~ drift, err, stray | wander from a direct course or at random.; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" |
| ~ run | travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means.; "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there" |
| ~ step | shift or move by taking a step.; "step back" |
| ~ motor, drive | travel or be transported in a vehicle.; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater" |
| ~ automobile | travel in an automobile. |
| ~ ski | move along on skis.; "We love to ski the Rockies"; "My children don't ski" |
| ~ fly, wing | travel through the air; be airborne.; "Man cannot fly" |
| ~ steam, steamer | travel by means of steam power.; "The ship steamed off into the Pacific" |
| ~ tram | travel by tram. |
| ~ taxi | travel slowly.; "The plane taxied down the runway" |
| ~ ferry | travel by ferry. |
| ~ caravan | travel in a caravan. |
| ~ ride, sit | sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions.; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare" |
| ~ prance | spring forward on the hind legs.; "The young horse was prancing in the meadow" |
| ~ swim | travel through water.; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank" |
| ~ go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise | move upward.; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" |
| ~ ascend, go up | travel up,.; "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| ~ fall | descend in free fall under the influence of gravity.; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse" |
| ~ crank, zigzag | travel along a zigzag path.; "The river zigzags through the countryside" |
| ~ travel along, follow | travel along a certain course.; "follow the road"; "follow the trail" |
| ~ advance, march on, move on, progress, go on, pass on | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.; "Time marches on" |
| ~ draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw, retire | pull back or move away or backward.; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" |
| ~ retrograde | move in a direction contrary to the usual one.; "retrograding planets" |
| ~ go forward, proceed, continue | move ahead; travel onward in time or space.; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now" |
| ~ back | travel backward.; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree" |
| ~ pan | make a sweeping movement.; "The camera panned across the room" |
| ~ follow | to travel behind, go after, come after.; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum" |
| ~ precede, lead | move ahead (of others) in time or space. |
| ~ pursue, follow | follow in or as if in pursuit.; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life" |
| ~ return | go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before.; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean" |
| ~ derail, jump | run off or leave the rails.; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks" |
| ~ flock | move as a crowd or in a group.; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears" |
| ~ accompany | go or travel along with.; "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere" |
| ~ billow | move with great difficulty.; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed" |
| ~ circulate | move around freely.; "She circulates among royalty" |
| ~ circle, circulate | move in circles. |
| ~ angle | move or proceed at an angle.; "he angled his way into the room" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| ~ go past, pass by, travel by, go by, pass, surpass | move past.; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" |
| ~ hurry, travel rapidly, zip, speed | move very fast.; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" |
| ~ speed | travel at an excessive or illegal velocity.; "I got a ticket for speeding" |
| ~ zoom | move with a low humming noise. |
| ~ drive | move by being propelled by a force.; "The car drove around the corner" |
| ~ belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, hasten | move fast.; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" |
| ~ shack, trail | move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly.; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart" |
| ~ shuttle | travel back and forth between two points. |
| ~ hiss, whoosh | move with a whooshing sound. |
| ~ whisk | move quickly and nimbly.; "He whisked into the house" |
| ~ career | move headlong at high speed.; "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets" |
| ~ circuit | make a circuit.; "They were circuiting about the state" |
| ~ lance | move quickly, as if by cutting one's way.; "Planes lanced towards the shore" |
| ~ outflank, go around | go around the flank of (an opposing army). |
| ~ propagate | travel through the air.; "sound and light propagate in this medium" |
| ~ draw | move or go steadily or gradually.; "The ship drew near the shore" |
| ~ transfer, change | change from one vehicle or transportation line to another.; "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast" |
| ~ swash | make violent, noisy movements. |
| ~ pace | go at a pace.; "The horse paced" |
| ~ tread, step | put down or press the foot, place the foot.; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake" |
| ~ step | move with one's feet in a specific manner.; "step lively" |
| ~ hurtle | move with or as if with a rushing sound.; "The cars hurtled by" |
| ~ retreat | move away, as for privacy.; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer" |
| ~ whistle | move with, or as with, a whistling sound.; "The bullets whistled past him" |
| ~ island hop | travel from one island to the next.; "on the cruise, we did some island-hopping" |
| ~ plough, plow | move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil.; "The ship plowed through the water" |
| ~ lurch | move slowly and unsteadily.; "The truck lurched down the road" |
| ~ sift | move as if through a sieve.; "The soldiers sifted through the woods" |
| ~ fall | move in a specified direction.; "The line of men fall forward" |
| ~ drag | move slowly and as if with great effort. |
| ~ run | move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way.; "who are these people running around in the building?"; "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles"; "let the dogs run free" |
| ~ bang | move noisily.; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house" |
| ~ precess | move in a gyrating fashion.; "the poles of the Earth precess at a right angle to the force that is applied" |
| ~ move around, travel | travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge. |
| ~ ride | sit on and control a vehicle.; "He rides his bicycle to work every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town" |
| ~ snowshoe | travel on snowshoes.; "After a heavy snowfall, we have to snowshoe to the grocery store" |
| ~ beetle | fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle.; "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home" |
| v. (motion) | 6. displace, move | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ mobilise, mobilize, circulate | cause to move around.; "circulate a rumor" |
| ~ relocate | move or establish in a new location.; "We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high" |
| ~ dislocate, luxate, splay, slip | move out of position.; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically" |
| ~ translate | change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation. |
| ~ station, post, send, place | assign to a station. |
| ~ raise up, commove, disturb, stir up, vex, shake up, agitate | change the arrangement or position of. |
| ~ channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport, transfer | send from one person or place to another.; "transmit a message" |
| ~ funnel | move or pour through a funnel.; "funnel the liquid into the small bottle" |
| ~ brandish, wave, flourish | move or swing back and forth.; "She waved her gun" |
| ~ draw, pull, force | cause to move by pulling.; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" |
| ~ carry, transport | move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" |
| ~ tug | move by pulling hard.; "The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud" |
| ~ disarrange | destroy the arrangement or order of.; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk" |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| ~ mesh, lock, operate, engage | keep engaged.; "engaged the gears" |
| ~ propel, impel | cause to move forward with force.; "Steam propels this ship" |
| ~ set in motion, launch | get going; give impetus to.; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process" |
| ~ twine, wrap, wind, roll | arrange or or coil around.; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" |
| ~ unroll, unwind, wind off | reverse the winding or twisting of.; "unwind a ball of yarn" |
| ~ wedge, squeeze, force | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space.; "I squeezed myself into the corner" |
| ~ work | move into or onto.; "work the raisins into the dough"; "the student worked a few jokes into his presentation"; "work the body onto the flatbed truck" |
| ~ disgorge, shed, spill | cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over.; "spill the beans all over the table" |
| ~ slop, spill, splatter | cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container.; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" |
| ~ unseat | dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse. |
| ~ disunite, separate, part, divide | force, take, or pull apart.; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" |
| ~ root out, deracinate, extirpate, uproot | pull up by or as if by the roots.; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" |
| ~ press down, depress | press down.; "Depress the space key" |
| ~ lift | take hold of something and move it to a different location.; "lift the box onto the table" |
| ~ riffle, ruffle, flick | twitch or flutter.; "the paper flicked" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ work | move in an agitated manner.; "His fingers worked with tension" |
| ~ take back | move text to the previous line; in printing. |
| ~ centre, center | move into the center.; "That vase in the picture is not centered" |
| ~ pump | move up and down.; "The athlete pumps weights in the gym" |
| ~ scan | move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image. |
| ~ bump around, shake up, jar | shock physically.; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game" |
| ~ dandle | move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees. |
| ~ revolve, roll | cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis.; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words" |
| ~ push, force | move with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| ~ rock, sway | cause to move back and forth.; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently" |
| ~ fluctuate | cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern. |
| ~ pulse | drive by or as if by pulsation.; "A soft breeze pulsed the air" |
| ~ reposition, dislodge, shift | change place or direction.; "Shift one's position" |
| ~ glide | cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly. |
| ~ stir | move an implement through.; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"; "stir the soil" |
| ~ play | cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space.; "The engine has a wheel that is playing in a rack" |
| ~ bowl over, knock over, tip over, tump over, overturn, turn over, upset | cause to overturn from an upright or normal position.; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" |
| ~ ship, send, transport | transport commercially. |
| ~ send, direct | cause to go somewhere.; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation" |
| ~ transport | move something or somebody around; usually over long distances. |
| ~ saltate | move by saltation.; "The sand grains are saltated by the wind" |
| ~ bring down, let down, lower, take down, get down | move something or somebody to a lower position.; "take down the vase from the shelf" |
| ~ lift, raise | move upwards.; "lift one's eyes" |
| ~ lift, elevate, raise, get up, bring up | raise from a lower to a higher position.; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" |
| ~ drop | let fall to the ground.; "Don't drop the dishes" |
| ~ sink | cause to sink.; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor" |
| ~ bring forward, advance | cause to move forward.; "Can you move the car seat forward?" |
| ~ chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back | force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings.; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" |
| ~ shift, transfer | move around.; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket" |
| ~ displace | cause to move, usually with force or pressure.; "the refugees were displaced by the war" |
| ~ crowd, herd | cause to herd, drive, or crowd together.; "We herded the children into a spare classroom" |
| ~ circulate | cause to move in a circuit or system.; "The fan circulates the air in the room" |
| ~ pass around, circulate, distribute, pass on | cause be distributed.; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty" |
| ~ drive out, rouse, rout out, force out | force or drive out.; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." |
| ~ drive | cause someone or something to move by driving.; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage" |
| ~ race, rush | cause to move fast or to rush or race.; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze" |
| ~ whoosh, woosh | move with a sibilant sound.; "He whooshed the doors open" |
| ~ pour | cause to run.; "pour water over the floor" |
| ~ slip | cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion.; "he slipped the bolt into place" |
| ~ bring outside, exteriorize | bring outside the body for surgery, of organs. |
| ~ upstage | move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience. |
| ~ swing | move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting.; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat" |
| ~ turn over, turn | cause to move around a center so as to show another side of.; "turn a page of a book" |
| ~ turn | cause to move around or rotate.; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way" |
| ~ turn | cause to move along an axis or into a new direction.; "turn your face to the wall"; "turn the car around"; "turn your dance partner around" |
| ~ slide | move smoothly along a surface.; "He slid the money over to the other gambler" |
| ~ run | cause an animal to move fast.; "run the dogs" |
| ~ whistle | move, send, or bring as if by whistling.; "Her optimism whistled away these worries" |
| ~ flap, beat | move with a thrashing motion.; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky" |
| ~ singsong | move as if accompanied by a singsong.; "The porters singsonged the travellers' luggage up the mountain" |
| ~ hustle | cause to move furtively and hurriedly.; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater" |
| ~ wash | move by or as if by water.; "The swollen river washed away the footbridge" |
| ~ rake | move through with or as if with a rake.; "She raked her fingers through her hair" |
| ~ blow | cause to move by means of an air current.; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard" |
| ~ drag | use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu.; "drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen" |
| ~ pull, draw | cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense.; "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter" |
| ~ lateralize | move or displace to one side so as to make lateral. |
| ~ translate | subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body. |
| ~ hit, strike | drive something violently into a location.; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling" |
| ~ sling | move with a sling.; "sling the cargo onto the ship" |
| ~ change hands, change owners | be transferred to another owner.; "This restaurant changed hands twice last year" |
| ~ transfer | move from one place to another.; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital" |
| ~ expel, kick out, throw out | force to leave or move out.; "He was expelled from his native country" |
| v. (motion) | 7. move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ move involuntarily, move reflexively | move in an uncontrolled manner. |
| ~ quicken | show signs of life.; "the fetus quickened" |
| ~ stretch out, stretch | extend one's body or limbs.; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours" |
| ~ click, flick, snap | cause to make a snapping sound.; "snap your fingers" |
| ~ flex, bend | bend a joint.; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees" |
| ~ spread, propagate | become distributed or widespread.; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population" |
| ~ reach out, reach | move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense.; "Government reaches out to the people" |
| ~ potter around, putter around, potter, putter | move around aimlessly. |
| ~ trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance | move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance.; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio" |
| ~ drop back | take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football.; "The defender dropped back behind his teammate" |
| ~ hit the deck, hit the dirt | fall or drop suddenly, usually to evade some danger.; "The soldiers hit the dirt when they heard gunfire" |
| ~ gravitate | move due to the pull of gravitation.; "The stars gravitate towards each other" |
| ~ fly | move quickly or suddenly.; "He flew about the place" |
| ~ ease up, give way, move over, yield, give | move in order to make room for someone for something.; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" |
| ~ cut to | move to another scene when filming.; "The camera cut to the sky" |
| ~ lurch, pitch, shift | move abruptly.; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" |
| ~ jolt, jar | move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion. |
| ~ duck | to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away.; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him" |
| ~ bob | move up and down repeatedly.; "her rucksack bobbed gently on her back" |
| ~ wallow, welter | roll around,.; "pigs were wallowing in the mud" |
| ~ squirm, twist, worm, wriggle, writhe, wrestle | to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling).; "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace" |
| ~ wobble, coggle | move unsteadily.; "His knees wobbled"; "The old cart wobbled down the street" |
| ~ sashay, sidle | move sideways. |
| ~ sidle | move unobtrusively or furtively.; "The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log" |
| ~ sail, sweep | move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions.; "The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky" |
| ~ sweep, brush | sweep across or over.; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience" |
| ~ wamble, waggle | move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion. |
| ~ chop | move suddenly. |
| ~ reciprocate | alternate the direction of motion of.; "the engine reciprocates the propeller" |
| ~ move back and forth | move in one direction and then into the opposite direction. |
| ~ nod | sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion.; "the flowers were nodding in the breeze" |
| ~ pulsate, quiver, beat | move with or as if with a regular alternating motion.; "the city pulsated with music and excitement" |
| ~ thump, beat, pound | move rhythmically.; "Her heart was beating fast" |
| ~ teeter, seesaw, totter | move unsteadily, with a rocking motion. |
| ~ hitch, buck, jerk | jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched.; "the yung filly bucked" |
| ~ cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch | heel over.; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" |
| ~ careen, wobble, tilt, shift | move sideways or in an unsteady way.; "The ship careened out of control" |
| ~ roil, churn, moil, boil | be agitated.; "the sea was churning in the storm" |
| ~ slip, steal | move stealthily.; "The ship slipped away in the darkness" |
| ~ shake, agitate | move or cause to move back and forth.; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" |
| ~ vibrate | shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner. |
| ~ jerk, twitch | move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions.; "The patient's legs were jerkings" |
| ~ twitch, flip | toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air. |
| ~ click, snap | move or strike with a noise.; "he clicked on the light"; "his arm was snapped forward" |
| ~ budge, stir, agitate, shift | move very slightly.; "He shifted in his seat" |
| ~ arouse, stir | to begin moving,.; "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir" |
| ~ dance | move in a graceful and rhythmical way.; "The young girl danced into the room" |
| ~ trip, stumble | miss a step and fall or nearly fall.; "She stumbled over the tree root" |
| ~ falter, waver | move hesitatingly, as if about to give way. |
| ~ flap, undulate, wave, roll | move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion.; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach" |
| ~ mill, mill about, mill around | move about in a confused manner. |
| ~ turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" |
| ~ jump, startle, start | move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm.; "She startled when I walked into the room" |
| ~ mope, mope around | move around slowly and aimlessly. |
| ~ bestride, climb on, hop on, jump on, mount up, get on, mount | get up on the back of.; "mount a horse" |
| ~ climb | move with difficulty, by grasping. |
| ~ strike out | make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body. |
| ~ bound, jump, leap, spring | move forward by leaps and bounds.; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" |
| ~ bolt | move or jump suddenly.; "She bolted from her seat" |
| ~ get down | lower (one's body) as by kneeling.; "Get down on your knees!" |
| ~ assume, take up, strike, take | occupy or take on.; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose" |
| ~ seesaw | move up and down as if on a seesaw. |
| ~ exit, get out, go out, leave | move out of or depart from.; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country" |
| ~ part, split, separate | go one's own way; move apart.; "The friends separated after the party" |
| ~ diverge | move or draw apart.; "The two paths diverge here" |
| ~ list, lean | cause to lean to the side.; "Erosion listed the old tree" |
| ~ whirl around, tumble, whirl | fly around.; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air" |
| ~ come together, close | come together, as if in an embrace.; "Her arms closed around her long lost relative" |
| ~ bustle, bustle about, hustle | move or cause to move energetically or busily.; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance" |
| ~ fidget | move restlessly.; "The child is always fidgeting in his seat" |
| ~ dawdle, linger | take one's time; proceed slowly. |
| ~ cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, wince, shrink, squinch | draw back, as with fear or pain.; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" |
| ~ lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust | make a thrusting forward movement. |
| ~ swoop | move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc. |
| ~ flow, flux | move or progress freely as if in a stream.; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium" |
| ~ course, flow, run, feed | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
| ~ flurry | move in an agitated or confused manner. |
| ~ streak | move quickly in a straight line.; "The plane streaked across the sky" |
| ~ heave | move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position.; "The vessel hove into sight" |
| ~ crash | move with, or as if with, a crashing noise.; "The car crashed through the glass door" |
| ~ thunder | move fast, noisily, and heavily.; "The bus thundered down the road" |
| ~ snap | move with a snapping sound.; "bullets snapped past us" |
| ~ flap, beat | move with a flapping motion.; "The bird's wings were flapping" |
| ~ fling | move in an abrupt or headlong manner.; "He flung himself onto the sofa" |
| ~ hop | move quickly from one place to another. |
| ~ turn | move around an axis or a center.; "The wheels are turning" |
| ~ dodge | make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid.; "The child dodged the teacher's blow" |
| ~ dodge | move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course.; "the pickpocket dodged through the crowd" |
| ~ throw | move violently, energetically, or carelessly.; "She threw herself forwards" |
| ~ make way | get out of the way.; "make way for the President's motorcade" |
| ~ dance | skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways.; "Dancing flames"; "The children danced with joy" |
| ~ grab | make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand.; "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask" |
| ~ cut | move (one's fist).; "his opponent cut upward toward his chin" |
| ~ close | change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact. |
| ~ jump off, leap, jump | jump down from an elevated point.; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre" |
| ~ slip | move easily.; "slip into something comfortable" |
| v. (motion) | 8. move | change residence, affiliation, or place of employment.; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another" |
| ~ relocate | become established in a new location.; "Our company relocated to the Midwest" |
| ~ move in | move into a new house or office. |
| ~ move out | move out of one's old house or office. |
| ~ evacuate | move out of an unsafe location into safety.; "After the earthquake, residents were evacuated" |
| ~ migrate, transmigrate | move from one country or region to another and settle there.; "Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century"; "This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries" |
| ~ migrate | move periodically or seasonally.; "birds migrate in the Winter"; "The workers migrate to where the crops need harvesting" |
| v. (social) | 9. go, move, proceed | follow a procedure or take a course.; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ work | proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity.; "work your way through every problem or task"; "She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived"; "Start from the bottom and work towards the top" |
| ~ venture, embark | proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers.; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer" |
| ~ steamroll, steamroller | proceed with great force.; "The new teacher tends to steamroller" |
| v. (body) | 10. be active, move | be in a state of action.; "she is always moving" |
| ~ bestir, rouse | become active.; "He finally bestirred himself" |
| v. (change) | 11. move | go or proceed from one point to another.; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" |
| ~ vary, alter, change | become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence.; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season" |
| ~ step | move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation.; "She stepped into a life of luxury"; "he won't step into his father's footsteps" |
| ~ scroll | move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen.; "Scroll down to see the entire text" |
| ~ lapse, sink, pass | pass into a specified state or condition.; "He sank into nirvana" |
| v. (social) | 12. act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ take turns, alternate | do something in turns.; "We take turns on the night shift" |
| ~ end up, fetch up, wind up, finish, finish up, land up | finally be or do something.; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again" |
| ~ festinate, hasten, look sharp, hurry, rush | act or move at high speed.; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" |
| ~ interrupt, disturb | destroy the peace or tranquility of.; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading" |
| ~ react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something. |
| ~ go ahead, plow ahead | proceed (with a plan of action).; "He went ahead with the project" |
| ~ aggress, attack | take the initiative and go on the offensive.; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" |
| ~ force | do forcibly; exert force.; "Don't force it!" |
| ~ create | pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity.; "Don't disturb him--he is creating" |
| ~ come forward, come to the fore, step forward, step to the fore, step up, come out | make oneself visible; take action.; "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers" |
| ~ pay back, repay, reward | act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions. |
| ~ satisfice, satisfise | decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal.; "optimization requires processes that are more complex than those needed to merely satisfice" |
| ~ manoeuver, manoeuvre, maneuver | act in order to achieve a certain goal.; "He maneuvered to get the chairmanship"; "She maneuvered herself into the directorship" |
| ~ dispatch | dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently.; "He dispatched the task he was assigned" |
| ~ evade | practice evasion.; "This man always hesitates and evades" |
| ~ race | to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others.; "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS" |
| ~ use | habitually do something (use only in the past tense).; "She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"; "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas" |
| ~ play it by ear | decide on one's actions as one goes along, depending on the situation.; "She didn't know what to expect from her new job, so she played it by ear" |
| ~ play | act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome.; "This factor played only a minor part in his decision"; "This development played into her hands"; "I played no role in your dismissal" |
| ~ deal | take action with respect to (someone or something).; "How are we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students" |
| ~ partner | act as a partner.; "Astaire partnered Rogers" |
| ~ exert | make a great effort at a mental or physical task.; "exert oneself" |
| ~ egotrip | act in a way that attracts attention.; "This teacher always egotrips and the students don't like him" |
| ~ reciprocate | act, feel, or give mutually or in return.; "We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!" |
| ~ go, proceed, move | follow a procedure or take a course.; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels" |
| ~ come close | nearly do something.; "She came close to quitting her job" |
| ~ perform | perform a function.; "Who will perform the wedding?" |
| ~ dare, make bold, presume | take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission.; "How dare you call my lawyer?" |
| ~ engage, pursue, prosecute | carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in.; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion" |
| ~ act on | regulate one's behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or advice.; "The Founding Fathers acted on certain moral principles" |
| ~ interact | act together or towards others or with others.; "He should interact more with his colleagues" |
| ~ react, oppose | act against or in opposition to.; "She reacts negatively to everything I say" |
| ~ take time by the forelock | act quickly and decisively; not let slip an opportunity. |
| ~ coact | act together, as of organisms. |
| ~ volunteer, offer | agree freely.; "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it" |
| ~ get around to | do something despite obstacles such as lack of time.; "He finally got around to painting the windows" |
| ~ dally, toy, flirt, play | behave carelessly or indifferently.; "Play about with a young girl's affection" |
| ~ go about, set about, approach | begin to deal with.; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project" |
| ~ participate, take part | share in something. |
| ~ misbehave, misconduct, misdemean | behave badly.; "The children misbehaved all morning" |
| ~ lower oneself, stoop, condescend | debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way.; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail" |
| ~ deport, acquit, behave, comport, conduct, bear, carry | behave in a certain manner.; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" |
| ~ comport, behave | behave well or properly.; "The children must learn to behave" |
| ~ attempt, essay, try, assay, seek | make an effort or attempt.; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" |
| ~ court, romance, solicit, woo | make amorous advances towards.; "John is courting Mary" |
| ~ court | engage in social activities leading to marriage.; "We were courting for over ten years" |
| ~ dare | to be courageous enough to try or do something.; "I don't dare call him"; "she dares to dress differently from the others" |
| ~ effect | act so as to bring into existence.; "effect a change" |
| ~ antagonise, counteract, antagonize | act in opposition to. |
| ~ anticipate, counter, forestall, foresee | act in advance of; deal with ahead of time. |
| ~ prosecute | conduct a prosecution in a court of law. |
| ~ commit, perpetrate, pull | perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" |
| ~ rampage | act violently, recklessly, or destructively. |
| ~ cope, get by, grapple, make do, manage, contend, deal, make out | come to terms with.; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" |
| ~ deign, condescend, descend | do something that one considers to be below one's dignity. |
| ~ condescend | behave in a patronizing and condescending manner. |
| ~ take care | be careful, prudent, or watchful.; "Take care when you cross the street!" |
| ~ act superior, lord it over, put on airs, queen it over | act like the master of.; "He is lording it over the students" |
| ~ stampede | act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse.; "Companies will now stampede to release their latest software" |
| ~ make a point, make sure | make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally. |
| ~ repeat, take over | do over.; "They would like to take it over again" |
| ~ surprise | come upon or take unawares.; "She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene" |
| ~ sneak | put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner.; "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette" |
| ~ play | behave in a certain way.; "play safe"; "play it safe"; "play fair" |
| ~ take | carry out.; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance" |
| ~ guard | take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence.; "guard against becoming too friendly with the staff"; "guard against infection" |
| ~ begin, start | begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object.; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade" |
| ~ go off at half-cock, go off half-cocked | act prematurely or without reflection or too soon.; "she wanted to quit her job but her mother told her not to go off half-cocked" |
| ~ hold off, wait, hold back | wait before acting.; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment" |
| ~ continue, go on, go along, keep, proceed | continue a certain state, condition, or activity.; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight" |
| ~ do well, had best | act in one's own or everybody's best interest.; "You will do well to arrive on time tomorrow!" |
| ~ continue | continue after an interruption.; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch" |
| ~ persist in, continue | do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop.; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move" |
| v. (emotion) | 13. affect, impress, move, strike | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| ~ infect | affect in a contagious way.; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room" |
| ~ surprise | cause to be surprised.; "The news really surprised me" |
| ~ ingrain, impress, instill | produce or try to produce a vivid impression of.; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" |
| ~ awaken | make aware.; "They were awakened to the sad facts" |
| ~ incite, motivate, prompt, actuate, propel, move | give an incentive for action.; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" |
| ~ engrave | impress or affect deeply.; "The event engraved itself into her memory" |
| ~ strike dumb | render speechless, as by surprising or shocking.; "we were struck dumb by the candidate's announcement" |
| ~ zap | strike suddenly and with force.; "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes" |
| ~ jar | affect in a disagreeable way.; "This play jarred the audience" |
| ~ hit home, strike a note, strike home, strike a chord | refer to or be relevant or familiar to.; "I hope this message hits home!" |
| ~ smite | affect suddenly with deep feeling.; "He was smitten with love for this young girl" |
| ~ cloud | make gloomy or depressed.; "Their faces were clouded with sadness" |
| ~ pierce | move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply.; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students" |
| ~ impress | impress positively.; "The young chess player impressed her audience" |
| ~ sweep off, sweep away | overwhelm emotionally.; "Her swept her away" |
| ~ disturb, trouble, upset | move deeply.; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
| ~ touch, stir | affect emotionally.; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy" |
| ~ move | arouse sympathy or compassion in.; "Her fate moved us all" |
| ~ feel, experience | undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind.; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" |
| ~ sadden | make unhappy.; "The news of her death saddened me" |
| ~ alienate | make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated.; "the boring work alienated his employees" |
| ~ come to, hit, strike | cause to experience suddenly.; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear" |
| v. (creation) | 14. actuate, incite, motivate, move, prompt, propel | give an incentive for action.; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" |
| ~ cause, do, make | give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" |
| ~ impress, strike, affect, move | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| ~ move | arouse sympathy or compassion in.; "Her fate moved us all" |
| v. (emotion) | 15. move | arouse sympathy or compassion in.; "Her fate moved us all" |
| ~ incite, motivate, prompt, actuate, propel, move | give an incentive for action.; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" |
| ~ impress, strike, affect, move | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| v. (possession) | 16. move | dispose of by selling.; "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers" |
| ~ sell | exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent.; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" |
| v. (change) | 17. go, move, run | progress by being changed.; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (social) | 18. move | live one's life in a specified environment.; "she moves in certain circles only" |
| ~ live | lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style.; "we had to live frugally after the war" |
| v. (competition) | 19. go, move | have a turn; make one's move in a game.; "Can I go now?" |
| ~ make a motion, move | propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting. |
| ~ play | participate in games or sport.; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" |
| ~ bluff, bluff out | deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand. |
| ~ stalemate | subject to a stalemate. |
| ~ castle | move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king. |
| ~ serve | put the ball into play.; "It was Agassi's turn to serve" |
| ~ open | make the opening move.; "Kasparov opened with a standard opening" |
| ~ cast, draw | choose at random.; "draw a card"; "cast lots" |
| ~ ruff, trump | play a trump. |
| ~ maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, operate | perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense. |
| ~ check | decline to initiate betting. |
| v. (communication) | 20. make a motion, move | propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting. |
| ~ propose, suggest, advise | make a proposal, declare a plan for something.; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" |
| ~ move, go | have a turn; make one's move in a game.; "Can I go now?" |
| rearrange | | |
| v. (change) | 1. rearrange | put into a new order or arrangement.; "Please rearrange these files"; "rearrange the furniture in my room" |
| ~ recode | put into a different code; rearrange mentally.; "People recode and restructure information in order to remember it" |
| ~ reshuffle | reorganize and assign posts to different people.; "The new Prime Minister reshuffled his cabinet" |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| shift | | |
| n. (event) | 1. displacement, shift | an event in which something is displaced without rotation. |
| ~ amplitude | (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave. |
| ~ luxation | displacement or misalignment of a joint or organ. |
| ~ translation | a uniform movement without rotation. |
| n. (event) | 2. shift, transformation, transmutation | a qualitative change. |
| ~ alteration, change, modification | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" |
| ~ betterment, improvement, advance | a change for the better; progress in development. |
| ~ population shift | a change in the relative numbers of the different groups of individuals making up a population. |
| ~ pyrolysis | transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat. |
| ~ sea change | a profound transformation. |
| ~ sublimation | (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid. |
| ~ tin disease, tin pest, tin plague | the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures. |
| ~ changeover, conversion, transition | an event that results in a transformation. |
| ~ retrogression, degeneration | passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form. |
| ~ strengthening | becoming stronger. |
| ~ weakening | becoming weaker. |
| n. (time) | 3. duty period, shift, work shift | the time period during which you are at work. |
| ~ hours | a period of time assigned for work.; "they work long hours" |
| ~ workday, working day | the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage.; "they work an 8-hour day" |
| ~ go, spell, tour, turn | a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else).; "it's my go"; "a spell of work" |
| ~ trick | a period of work or duty. |
| ~ watch | a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty. |
| ~ day shift | the work shift during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.). |
| ~ evening shift, swing shift | the work shift during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight). |
| ~ graveyard shift, night shift | the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.). |
| ~ split shift | a working shift divided into two periods of time with several hours in between. |
| n. (act) | 4. shift, switch, switching | the act of changing one thing or position for another.; "his switch on abortion cost him the election" |
| ~ change | the action of changing something.; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" |
| ~ switcheroo | a sudden unexpected switch. |
| n. (act) | 5. shift, shifting | the act of moving from one place to another.; "his constant shifting disrupted the class" |
| ~ movement, move, motion | the act of changing location from one place to another.; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" |
| n. (object) | 6. break, fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other.; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust" |
| ~ geology | a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks. |
| ~ fault line | (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface. |
| ~ crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure | a long narrow opening. |
| ~ denali fault | a major open geological fault in Alaska. |
| ~ inclined fault | a geological fault in which one side is above the other. |
| ~ san andreas fault | a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes. |
| ~ strike-slip fault | a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally. |
| n. (group) | 7. shift | a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time. |
| ~ manpower, men, work force, workforce, hands | the force of workers available. |
| ~ day watch, day shift | workers who work during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.). |
| ~ evening shift | workers who work during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight). |
| ~ graveyard shift, night shift | workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.). |
| ~ relay | a crew of workers who relieve another crew. |
| ~ work party, crew, gang | an organized group of workmen. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. shift, shift key | the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters. |
| ~ key | a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed. |
| ~ typewriter keyboard | a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. chemise, shift, shimmy, slip, teddy | a woman's sleeveless undergarment. |
| ~ shoulder strap, strap | a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag. |
| ~ undergarment, unmentionable | a garment worn under other garments. |
| n. (artifact) | 10. chemise, sack, shift | a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist. |
| ~ dress, frock | a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice. |
| v. (change) | 11. change over, shift, switch | make a shift in or exchange of.; "First Joe led; then we switched" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ back | shift to a counterclockwise direction.; "the wind backed" |
| ~ veer | shift to a clockwise direction.; "the wind veered" |
| v. (motion) | 12. dislodge, reposition, shift | change place or direction.; "Shift one's position" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ beat down | dislodge from a position.; "She beat the dealer down to a much better price" |
| v. (motion) | 13. shift, transfer | move around.; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ transpose | transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality. |
| ~ shunt | transfer to another track, of trains. |
| ~ carry | transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication.; "put down 5 and carry 2" |
| ~ shuffle | move about, move back and forth.; "He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS" |
| ~ transship | transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another. |
| ~ bunker | transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse. |
| ~ carry forward, carry over | transfer from one time period to the next. |
| ~ remove, transfer | shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes.; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court" |
| ~ translocate | transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position. |
| v. (motion) | 14. agitate, budge, shift, stir | move very slightly.; "He shifted in his seat" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (change) | 15. shift | move from one setting or context to another.; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ transpose, transplant, transfer | transfer from one place or period to another.; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" |
| v. (change) | 16. shift | change in quality.; "His tone shifted" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (change) | 17. shift | move and exchange for another.; "shift the date for our class reunion" |
| ~ interchange, substitute, replace, exchange | put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items.; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning" |
| v. (motion) | 18. careen, shift, tilt, wobble | move sideways or in an unsteady way.; "The ship careened out of control" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (motion) | 19. lurch, pitch, shift | move abruptly.; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (communication) | 20. shift | use a shift key on a keyboard.; "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case" |
| ~ type, typewrite | write by means of a keyboard with types.; "type the acceptance letter, please" |
| v. (change) | 21. shift | change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change.; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted" |
| ~ phonetics | the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis. |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (change) | 22. shift | change gears.; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill" |
| ~ switch, change, shift | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" |
| transfer | | |
| n. (act) | 1. conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation | the act of moving something from one location to another. |
| ~ movement | the act of changing the location of something.; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" |
| ~ transshipment | the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment. |
| ~ airlift, lift | transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable). |
| ~ connexion, connection | shifting from one form of transportation to another.; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta" |
| ~ bringing, delivery | the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail).; "his reluctant delivery of bad news" |
| ~ drive | the act of driving a herd of animals overland. |
| ~ carry | the act of carrying something. |
| ~ pickup | the act of taking aboard passengers or freight. |
| ~ lighterage | the transportation of goods on a lighter. |
| ~ relocation, resettlement | the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind). |
| ~ teleportation | a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another. |
| n. (person) | 2. transfer, transferee | someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another.; "the best student was a transfer from LSU" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| n. (act) | 3. transfer, transference | the act of transfering something from one form to another.; "the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise" |
| ~ change of state | the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics. |
| n. (communication) | 4. transfer | a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances. |
| ~ ticket | a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment). |
| n. (cognition) | 5. carry-over, transfer, transfer of training | application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation. |
| ~ learning, acquisition | the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge.; "the child's acquisition of language" |
| ~ stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization, generalisation, generalization | (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus. |
| n. (act) | 6. transfer, transference | transferring ownership. |
| ~ transaction, dealing, dealings | the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities).; "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me" |
| ~ alienation | (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another.; "the power of alienation is an essential ingredient of ownership" |
| ~ conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying, conveyance | act of transferring property title from one person to another. |
| ~ quitclaim | act of transferring a title or right or claim to another. |
| ~ lease-lend, lend-lease | the transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause.; "lend-lease during World War II was extremely generous" |
| ~ secularisation, secularization | transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession. |
| v. (social) | 7. reassign, transfer | transfer somebody to a different position or location of work. |
| ~ assign, delegate, designate, depute | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). |
| ~ second | transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment.; "The officer was seconded for duty overseas" |
| ~ exchange | hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent.; "exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company" |
| v. (possession) | 8. transfer | move from one place to another.; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital" |
| ~ mail, send, post | cause to be directed or transmitted to another place.; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written" |
| ~ get off, send off, send | transfer.; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ transmit, communicate, convey | transfer to another.; "communicate a disease" |
| ~ load | transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory. |
| ~ offset | cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface. |
| ~ import | transfer (electronic data) into a database or document. |
| ~ export | transfer (electronic data) out of a database or document in a format that can be used by other programs. |
| ~ offload | transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data. |
| ~ post, carry | transfer (entries) from one account book to another. |
| ~ ftp | use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another.; "You can FTP these data" |
| ~ spool | transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage. |
| ~ download | transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location. |
| ~ upload | transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location. |
| ~ institutionalise, institutionalize, commit, send, charge | cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison" |
| ~ translocate | move from one place to another, especially of wild animals.; "The endangered turtles were translocated to a safe environment" |
| v. (motion) | 9. transfer, transplant | lift and reset in another soil or situation.; "Transplant the young rice plants" |
| ~ displace | cause to move, usually with force or pressure.; "the refugees were displaced by the war" |
| ~ transplant | be transplantable.; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily" |
| v. (possession) | 10. transfer | cause to change ownership.; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ demise | transfer by a lease or by a will. |
| ~ alien, alienate | transfer property or ownership.; "The will aliened the property to the heirs" |
| ~ negociate | transfer by endorsement to another in return for value received.; "negociate a bond" |
| ~ convey | transmit a title or property. |
| ~ desacralize, secularize | transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control. |
| ~ change hands, change owners | be transferred to another owner.; "This restaurant changed hands twice last year" |
| ~ assign | transfer one's right to. |
| ~ hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| ~ exchange, interchange, change | give to, and receive from, one another.; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year" |
| ~ distribute | make available.; "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia" |
| v. (contact) | 11. channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport | send from one person or place to another.; "transmit a message" |
| ~ fetch, bring, get, convey | go or come after and bring or take back.; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" |
| ~ project | transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another. |
| ~ propagate | transmit.; "propagate sound or light through air" |
| ~ translate | bring to a certain spiritual state. |
| ~ release, turn | let (something) fall or spill from a container.; "turn the flour onto a plate" |
| ~ send out, send | to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place.; "He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (motion) | 12. remove, transfer | shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes.; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court" |
| ~ shift, transfer | move around.; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket" |
| v. (change) | 13. transfer, transplant, transpose | transfer from one place or period to another.; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" |
| ~ shift | move from one setting or context to another.; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention" |
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