English > change: 20 senses > verb 1, changeMeaning | Cause to change; make different; cause a transformation. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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Model | They change their earnings this year |
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Example | "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
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Synonyms | alter, modify |
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Cause to | change | Undergo a change |
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Narrower | Americanize, Americanise | make American in character |
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Europeanize, Europeanise | denationalize and subject (a territory) to the supervision of an agency of a European community of nations |
Europeanize, Europeanise | make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas |
Frenchify | make French in appearance or character |
Islamize, Islamise | Cause to conform to Islamic law |
accelerate, speed, speed up | Cause to move faster |
acerbate | make sour or bitter |
acetylate, acetylize, acetylise | introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) |
achromatize, achromatise | Remove color from |
activate | make active or more active |
activate | make (substances) radioactive |
activate, aerate | aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter |
activate | make more adsorptive |
adjust, set, correct | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard |
affect | act physically on |
affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch | Have an effect upon |
age | make older |
alchemize, alchemise | Alter (elements) by alchemy |
alcoholize, alcoholise | make alcoholic, as by fermenting |
alkalinize, alkalinise | make (a substance) alkaline |
allegorize, allegorise | make into an allegory |
alter | make an alteration to |
angulate | make or become angular |
animize, animise, animate | Give lifelike qualities to |
antiquate | make obsolete or old-fashioned |
antique, antiquate | Give an antique appearance to |
archaize, archaise | Give an archaic appearance of character to |
arterialize, arterialise | change venous blood into arterial blood |
ash | convert into ashes |
assimilate | make similar |
automatize, automatise, automate | make automatic or control or operate automatically |
automatize, automatise | Turn into an automaton |
awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse | Cause to become awake or conscious |
barb | Provide with barbs |
barbarize, barbarise | make crude or savage in behavior or speech |
bestialize, bestialise | make brutal and depraved |
better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate | To make better |
blind | make blind by putting the eyes out |
blister | Cause blisters to form on |
blunt | make less sharp / sharp / sharp |
blur, blear | make dim or indistinct |
blur | To make less distinct / distinct or clear |
boil | Bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point |
break, break up | Destroy the completeness of a set of related items |
break down, crush | make ineffective |
brighten, lighten up, lighten | make lighter or brighter / brighter |
bring, land | Bring into a different state |
bring | Cause to come into a particular state or condition |
brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise | make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman |
bubble | Cause to form bubbles |
calcify | convert into lime |
camp | Give an artificially banal or sexual quality to |
capture | bring about the capture / capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit |
cause to sleep | make fall asleep |
centralize, centralise, concentrate | make central |
change intensity | increase / increase or decrease in intensity |
change taste | Alter the flavor of |
charge | Cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on |
charge | Fill or load to capacity |
chasten, temper | restrain |
check, retard, delay | Slow the growth or development of |
circularize | make circular |
civilize, civilise | Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state |
clarify | make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating |
classicize, classicise | make classic or classical |
clean, make clean | make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from |
clear | make clear, bright / bright, light, or translucent |
clot, coagulate | Cause to change from a liquid / liquid to a solid or thickened state |
cloud | Make less clear |
coarsen | make less subtle or refined |
coarsen | make or become coarse or coarser |
cohere | Cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole |
color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in | add color to |
commercialize, commercialise, market | make commercial |
communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise | make Communist or bring in accord / accord with Communist principles |
commute, convert, exchange | Exchange a penalty for a less severe one |
complicate, perplex | make more complicated |
complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate | make more complex, intricate, or richer |
condense, concentrate, contract | compress or concentrate |
confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate | make unclear, indistinct, or blurred |
constitutionalize, constitutionalise | incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional |
contaminate | make radioactive by adding radioactive material |
conventionalize, conventionalise | make conventional or adapt to conventions |
convert, change over | change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy |
convert | change the nature, purpose, or function of something |
convert | Cause to adopt a new or different faith |
cook | Transform by heating |
cool, chill, cool down | make cool or cooler |
corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
counterchange, transpose, interchange | Cause to change places |
crack | Cause to become cracked |
cry | Bring into a particular state by crying |
customize, customise | make according to requirements |
damage | inflict damage / damage upon |
darken | make dark or darker |
de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress | Reduce the emphasis |
deaden, blunt | make less lively, intense, or vigorous |
deaden | make vapid or deprive of spirit |
deaminate, deaminize | Remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound |
decarboxylate | Remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound) |
decelerate, slow down | Reduce the speed of |
decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise | make less central |
decimalize, decimalise | change from fractions to decimals |
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour / colour, etc. |
decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller |
decrepitate | To roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops |
deflate | produce deflation in |
deform | make formless |
dehydrogenate | Remove hydrogen from |
demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss | make nonmagnetic |
demist, defog | Free from mist |
democratize, democratise | introduce democratic reforms |
demonize, demonise | make into a demon |
demulsify | Cause to demulsify |
demythologize, demythologise | Remove the mythical element from (writings) |
denationalize, denationalise | put under private control or ownership |
denaturalize, denaturalise | strip of the rights and duties of citizenship |
denaturalize, denaturalise | make less natural or unnatural |
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 |
deodorize, deodorise, deodourise | Eliminate the odor from |
depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify | make impersonal or present as an object |
depolarize, depolarise | Eliminate the polarization of |
desensitize, desensitise | make insensitive |
desensitize, desensitise | Cause not to be sensitive |
destabilize, destabilise | make unstable / unstable |
detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise | Intransitivize |
devalue | lower the value or quality of |
develop, make grow | Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development |
develop | make visible by means of chemical solutions |
devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise | Turn into a devil or make devilish |
digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise | put into digital form, as for use in a computer |
dinge | make dingy / dingy |
dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire | make soiled, filthy, or dirty |
disable, disenable, incapacitate | make unable to perform a certain action |
discolor | Cause to lose or change color |
disharmonize, dissonate | Cause to sound harsh and unpleasant |
disintegrate | Cause to undergo fission or lose particles |
disorder, disarray | Bring disorder to |
disqualify, unfit, indispose | make unfit or unsuitable |
dissimilate | make dissimilar / dissimilar |
dissolve, dismiss | declare void |
dissolve | Cause to fade away |
diversify | make (more) diverse |
dizzy | make dizzy or giddy |
domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame | Overcome the wildness of |
dope | add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties |
draw | Bring or lead someone to a certain action / action or condition |
dry, dry out | Remove the moisture from and make dry |
dull | make dull in appearance |
dull, blunt | make dull or blunt |
dynamize, dynamise | make (a drug) effective |
dynamize, dynamise | make more dynamic |
ease up, ease off, let up | Reduce pressure or intensity |
edit, redact | Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting |
edit, cut, edit out | cut and assemble the components of |
embrittle | make brittle / brittle |
empty | make void or empty of contents |
emulsify | Cause to become an emulsion |
enable | Render capable or able for some task |
end, terminate | Bring to an end or halt |
equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate | make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching |
eroticize, sex up | Give erotic character to or make more interesting |
estrange, alienate, disaffect | Arouse hostility or indifference / indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness |
etherealize, etherialise | make ethereal |
etiolate | make pale or sickly |
etiolate | bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight |
evaporate, vaporise | Cause to change into a vapor |
even, even out | Become even / even / even / even / even or more even / even / even / even / even |
excite | produce a magnetic field in |
excite, energize, energise | Raise to a higher energy level |
extend, expand | Expand the influence of |
exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify | make external or objective, or give reality to |
fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up | make fat or plump |
feminize, feminise, effeminize, effeminise, womanize | To give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to |
fertilize, fecundate, fertilise | make fertile or productive |
fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense |
fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc |
flatten, drop | lower the pitch of (musical notes) |
flocculate | Cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate |
freeze | Cause to freeze / freeze |
full | make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering |
gelatinize, gelatinise | convert into gelatinous form or jelly |
glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise | make glamorous and attractive |
glorify | bestow glory upon |
habituate, accustom | make psychologically or physically used (to something) |
harmonize, harmonise, chord | Bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing |
harshen | make harsh / harsh / harsh / harsh / harsh / harsh or harsher / harsher / harsher / harsher / harsher / harsher |
heat, heat up | make hot or hotter |
hue | take on color or become colored |
humanize, humanise | make more humane |
humble | Cause to be unpretentious |
hydrogenate | combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen |
immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise | Render immaterial or incorporeal |
immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise | make famous forever |
inactivate, deactivate | make inactive |
incandesce | Cause to become incandescent or glow |
increase | make bigger or more |
indispose | Cause to feel unwell |
industrialize, industrialise | organize (the production of something) into an industry |
inflate | Cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit |
inform | Give character or essence to |
inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise | introduce semen into (a female) |
insulate | protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material |
intensify | make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark |
internationalize, internationalise | make international in character |
introvert | Turn inside |
invalidate, void, vitiate | take away the legal force of or render ineffective |
invert | make an inversion (in a musical composition) |
iodinate | Cause to combine with iodine |
ionate | add ions to |
isomerize, isomerise | Cause to change into an isomer |
laicize, laicise | Reduce to lay status |
legitimate | make (an illegitimate child) legitimate |
lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring | bestow a quality on |
liberalize, liberalise | make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules |
lifehack | Make one's day-to-day activities more efficient |
lift, raise, elevate | Raise in rank or condition |
liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise | make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating |
loosen, loose | make loose or looser |
loosen | make less dense |
louden | Cause to become loud |
lower, depress | Cause to drop or sink |
lubricate | make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant |
magnetize, magnetise | make magnetic |
make, get | Give certain properties to something |
make | Cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable |
make | change from one form into another |
mark | make or leave a mark on |
masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise | produce virilism in or cause to assume / assume masculine characteristics / characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy |
masculinize | Give a masculine appearance or character to |
mechanize, mechanise | make mechanical |
mechanize, mechanise | make monotonous |
militarize, militarise | Adopt for military use |
militarize, militarise | lend a military character to (a country) , as by building up a military force |
mince, soften, moderate | make less severe or harsh / harsh / harsh / harsh / harsh / harsh |
mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate | To bring or combine together or with something else |
morph | Cause to change shape in a computer animation |
muddy | make turbid |
mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise | make into a myth |
nationalize, nationalise | put under state control or ownership |
nationalize, nationalise | make national in character or scope |
naturalize, naturalise | make into a citizen |
naturalize, naturalise | make more natural or lifelike |
nazify | Cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character |
neutralize, neutralise | make chemically neutral |
neutralize | make politically neutral and thus inoffensive |
nick | divide or reset the tail muscles of |
normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise | make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard |
obfuscate | make obscure or unclear |
obscure, bedim, overcloud | make obscure or unclear |
obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide | make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing |
occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise | make western in character |
officialize, officialise | make official |
opacify | make opaque |
opalize, opalise | make opalescent |
opsonize | make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes |
orientalize, orientalise | make oriental in character |
ossify | Cause to become hard and bony |
outmode | make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete |
oxidize, oxidise, oxidate | add oxygen to or combine with oxygen |
oxygenize, oxygenise | change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part |
paganize, paganise | make pagan in character |
pall | Cause to become flat |
parallel, collimate | make or place parallel to something |
patent | make open to sight or notice |
personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise | make personal or more personal |
piggyback | Bring into alignment with |
plasticize, plasticise | make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer |
poison, envenom | add poison to |
polarize, polarise | Cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
politicize, politicise | Give a political character to |
port | Modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform |
professionalize, professionalise | make professional or give a professional character to |
proof | activate by mixing / mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk |
prostrate | Render helpless or defenseless |
purify, purge, sanctify | make pure or free from sin or guilt |
put | Cause to be in a certain state |
radicalize | make more radical in social or political outlook |
rarefy, sublimate, subtilize | make more subtle or refined |
rarefy | lessen the density / density or solidity of |
rationalize, rationalise | Remove irrational quantities from |
recombine | Cause genetic recombination |
recommend | make attractive or acceptable |
reconstruct | Cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically |
refine | make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of |
reflate | (economics) raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation |
reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify | Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one |
refresh, freshen, refreshen | make fresh again |
relax, loosen | make less severe or strict / strict / strict / strict / strict |
remodel, reconstruct, redo | Do over, as of (part of) a house |
restore, reinstate, reestablish | bring back into original existence, use, function, or position |
revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn | change radically |
right | put in or restore to an upright position |
right, compensate, redress, correct | make reparations or amends for |
ripen, mature | Cause to ripen or develop fully |
romanticize, romanticise | make romantic in style |
round off, round down, round out, round | Express as a round number |
rusticate | lend a rustic character to |
sanitize, sanitise | make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features |
saponify | convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali |
saturate | Cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance |
sauce | add zest or flavor to, make more interesting |
schematize, schematise | Give conventional form to |
scramble | make unintelligible |
sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise | make sensitive or aware |
sensitize, sensitise | make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating / coating it with a photographic emulsion |
sensitize, sensitise | make sensitive to a drug or allergen |
sentimentalize, sentimentalise | make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities |
set | put into a certain state |
sexualize, sexualise | make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to |
shade | Vary slightly |
shake | Bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking |
shallow, shoal | make shallow |
shape, form | Give shape or form to |
sharpen | Raise the pitch of (musical notes) |
sharpen | make sharp / sharp / sharp / sharp or sharper / sharper / sharper / sharper |
shift | Move from one setting or context to another |
shorten | make short or shorter |
simplify | make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent |
slenderize, slenderise | make slender or appear to be slender |
smut | make obscene |
sober | Cause to become sober |
socialize, socialise | make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies |
soften | make soft or softer |
solemnize, solemnise | make solemn and grave |
solvate | Cause a solvation in (a substance) |
spice, spice up | make more interesting or flavorful |
spike, lace, fortify | add alcohol to (beverages) |
sputter | Cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed |
stabilize, stabilise | make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium |
stain | produce or leave stains |
steepen | make steeper |
stiffen | make stiff or stiffer |
still | make motionless |
straighten, straighten out | make straight |
strengthen, beef up, fortify | make strong or stronger |
string | Provide with strings |
substitute, replace, interchange, exchange | put in the place of another |
suburbanize, suburbanise | make suburban in character |
supercharge, pressurize, pressurise | increase the pressure on a gas or liquid / liquid |
supple | make pliant and flexible |
suspend | Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid |
suspend, set aside | make inoperative or stop |
sweeten | make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable / agreeable |
switch, change over, shift | make a shift in or exchange of |
symmetrize, symmetrise | make symmetric |
synchronize, synchronise | make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action |
tame, chasten, subdue | correct by punishment or discipline |
tender, tenderize, tenderise | make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer |
tense | increase the tension on |
territorialize, territorialise | place on a territorial basis |
thicken, inspissate | make thick or thicker |
think | Bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation |
tighten, fasten | make tight / tight or tighter / tighter |
tone down, moderate, tame | make less strong or intense |
touch, disturb | tamper with |
transaminate | change (an amino group) by transferring it from one compound to another |
transfigure, glorify, spiritualize | elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration |
transform, transmute, transubstantiate | change or alter in form, appearance, or nature |
transform | subject to a mathematical transformation |
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 |
transitivize, transitivise | make transitive |
translate, transform | change from one form or medium into another |
transmute | Alter the nature of (elements) |
transpose | change key |
turn | Cause to change or turn into something different |
turn back, invert, reverse | Turn inside out or upside down |
uglify | make ugly |
unclutter, clear | Rid of obstructions |
uniformize, uniformise | make uniform / uniform / uniform / uniform |
unite, unify, merge | join or combine |
unite, unify | Bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation |
unsanctify | Remove the sanctification from or make unsanctified |
unscramble | make intelligible |
unsex | Remove the qualities typical of one's sex |
untie, undo, loosen | Cause to become loose |
untune | Cause to be out of tune |
urbanize, urbanise | make more industrial or city-like |
urbanize, urbanise | Impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon |
validate | make valid or confirm the validity of |
variegate | change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors |
vascularize, vascularise | make vascular |
ventilate | Furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape |
verbify | make into a verb |
vesiculate | Cause to become vesicular or full of air cells |
visualize, visualise | make visible |
vitalize, vitalise | Give life to |
vitrify | change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat |
vivify | make more striking or animated |
volatilize, volatilise | make volatile |
vulgarise, vulgarize | debase and make vulgar |
warm | make warm or warmer |
weaken | lessen the strength of |
weaponize | make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon |
wet | Cause to become wet |
widen | make wider |
worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate | make worse |
Spanish | alterar, cambiar, modificar, mudar, retocar, transformar, variar |
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Catalan | alterar, canviar, modificar, retocar, transformar, variar |
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Nouns | change | the action of changing something |
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change | a thing that is different |
change | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
change | the result of alteration or modification |
change | a relational difference between states |
changer | a person who changes something |
English > change: 20 senses > verb 2, changeMeaning | Undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
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Examples | - "She changed completely as she grew older"
- "The weather changed last night"
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Caused by | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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Narrower | Americanize, Americanise | Become American in character |
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acetylate, acetylize, acetylise | Receive substitution of an acetyl group |
alkalinize, alkalinise | Become alkaline |
ascend, move up, rise | Move to a better position in life or to a better job |
assibilate | change into a sibilant |
assimilate | Become similar in sound |
assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take | take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect |
barbarize, barbarise | Become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language |
boil | Immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid / liquid, often for cooking purposes |
break | Be broken in |
break into | change pace |
brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise | Become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling |
calcify | Become inflexible and unchanging |
capacitate | Cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg |
carbonate | Turn into a carbonate |
caseate | Become cheeselike |
caseate | Turn into cheese |
catch | Be struck or affected by |
catch on | Become popular |
change by reversal, turn, reverse | change to the contrary |
change integrity | change in physical make-up |
change magnitude | change in size or magnitude |
change posture | Undergo a change in bodily posture |
change shape, change form, deform | assume a different shape or form |
change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
change surface | Undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface |
clinker | Turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning |
collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder | break down, literally or metaphorically |
come | reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position |
come in | Come into fashion |
come round, come around | change one's position or opinion |
commute, transpose | Exchange positions without a change in value |
complexify, ramify | Have or develop complicating consequences |
concretize, concretise | Become specific |
conjugate | Undergo conjugation |
convert | change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief |
convert | change in nature, purpose, or function |
cool, cool off, cool down | Lose intensity |
crack, check, break | Become fractured |
crack | break into simpler molecules by means of heat |
crash | Undergo a sudden and severe downturn |
creolize | Develop into a creole |
cure | Be or become preserved |
damage | Suffer or be susceptible to damage |
darken | Become dark or darker |
dawn | Become light |
deaden | Become lifeless, less lively / lively, intense, or active |
decalcify | Lose calcium or calcium compounds |
decarboxylate | Lose a carboxyl group |
decay, crumble, dilapidate | fall into decay or ruin |
decay | Undergo decay or decomposition |
decrepitate | Undergo decrepitation and crackle |
deepen, change | Become deeper in tone |
defervesce | Experience an abatement of a fever |
democratize, democratise | Become (more) democratic |
deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce | To remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase / increase / increase in the number of electrons |
desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise | Remove salt from |
destabilize, destabilise | Become unstable / unstable |
develop, acquire, evolve | gain through experience |
develop, grow | Grow emotionally or mature |
die, pall, become flat | Lose sparkle or bouquet |
digest | Become assimilated into the body |
dim | Become dim or lusterless |
discolor, discolour, colour, color | change color, often in an undesired manner |
discolor | Lose color / color or turn colorless |
dissimilate | Become dissimilar / dissimilar or less similar |
dissimilate | Become dissimilar / dissimilar by changing the sound qualities |
distill, distil | Undergo the process of distillation |
dress, get dressed | Put on clothes |
drift | Be subject to fluctuation |
drop | change from one level to another |
dry, dry out | Become dry or drier |
dull | Become dull or lusterless in appearance |
evaporate, vaporise | change into a vapor |
fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down | stop operating or functioning |
fall | assume a disappointed or sad expression |
fall | Be cast down |
fall for | fall in love with |
felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat | Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like |
feminize, feminise | assume / assume (more) feminine characteristics / characteristics |
flip, flip out | Go mad, go crazy |
flocculate | form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass |
fly | change quickly from one emotional state to another |
fold, fold up | Become folded or folded up |
form | assume a form or shape |
format, arrange | Set (printed matter) into a specific format |
foul | Become soiled and dirty |
freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up | Become or make oneself fresh again |
gel | Become a gel |
gelatinize, gelatinise | Become gelatinous or change into a jelly |
get used to | Get or become familiar or accustomed with through experience |
give way, yield | end resistance, as under pressure or force |
glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over | Become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance |
go out | go out of fashion |
gradate | Pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone / tone into another |
grow, develop, produce, get, acquire | Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) |
grow | Become attached by or as if by the process of growth |
gum | Become sticky |
harden, indurate | Become hard or harder |
harden, indurate | make hard or harder |
have, experience | Undergo |
hush | Become quiet or still |
hydrate | Become hydrated and combine with water |
hydrolyze, hydrolyse | Undergo hydrolysis |
ice up, frost over, ice over | Become covered with a layer of ice |
incandesce | Become incandescent or glow with heat |
indurate | Become fixed or established |
industrialize, industrialise | Develop industry |
introject | incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one's personality unconsciously |
ionize, ionise | Become converted into ions |
isomerize, isomerise | change into an isomer |
keratinize, keratinise | Become horny and impregnated with keratin |
leave, depart, pull up stakes | Remove oneself from an association with or participation in |
liberalize, liberalise | Become more liberal |
lighten, lighten up | Become lighter |
make | Undergo fabrication or creation |
mature | Become due for repayment |
mellow, melt, mellow out | Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial |
modernize, modernise, develop | Become technologically advanced |
modify | make less severe or harsh or extreme / extreme |
mold, mildew | Become moldy |
move, go, run | progress by being changed |
mutate | Undergo mutation |
narrow, contract | make or become more narrow or restricted |
normalize, normalise | Become normal or return to its normal state |
obsolesce | Become obsolete, fall into disuse |
occult | Become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished |
opacify | Become opaque |
oxidise, oxidize, oxidate | Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide |
oxidize, oxidise, oxidate | add oxygen to or combine with oxygen |
pall, dull | Become less interesting or attractive |
pass | transfer to another |
plasticize, plasticise | Become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added |
play out | Become spent or exhausted |
prim | assume / assume a prim appearance |
professionalize, professionalise | Become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood |
promote | Be changed for a superior / superior chess or checker piece |
purify | Become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin |
recede | Become faint or more distant |
receive, get, find, obtain, incur | Receive a specified treatment (abstract) |
recombine | Undergo genetic recombination |
reflate | (economics) experience reflation |
regenerate | Undergo regeneration |
regress | Go back to a statistical means |
rejuvenate | Develop youthful topographical features |
relax, loosen | Become less severe or strict / strict / strict / strict / strict |
reorient | set or arrange in a new or different determinate position |
repress | Block the action of |
resume, take up | Return to a previous location or condition |
reticulate | form a net or a network |
rise, jump, climb up | Rise in rank or status |
roll, roll up | show certain properties when being rolled |
salinate | add salt to |
saponify | Become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali |
separate, divide, part | come apart |
sequester | Undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion |
settle | Become clear by the sinking of particles |
shade | Pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree |
shallow, shoal | Become shallow |
shear | Become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain |
shift | change in quality |
shift | change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change |
smoothen | Become smooth |
soften | Become soft or softer |
solarize, solarise | Become overexposed |
spot | Become spotted |
stabilize, stabilise | Become stable or more stable |
stagnate | Cause to stagnate |
steepen | Become steeper |
stiffen | Become stiff or stiffer |
stratify | Develop different social levels, classes, or castes |
strengthen | gain strength |
sublime, sublimate | vaporize and then condense right back again |
suburbanize, suburbanise | take on suburban character |
suffuse | To become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light |
superannuate | Become obsolete |
swing | Alternate dramatically between high and low values |
synthesize | combine and form a synthesis |
tighten | Become tight / tight / tight / tight / tight or tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter |
transaminate | Undergo transfer from one compound to another |
transform, transmute, metamorphose | change in outward structure or looks |
transpire | come to light |
turn, grow | Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute |
turn on | Become hostile towards |
ulcerate | Undergo ulceration |
undergo | Pass through |
undulate | increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves |
vascularize, vascularise | Become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids |
vesiculate | Become vesicular or full of air cells |
vitrify | Undergo vitrification |
vulcanize, vulcanise | Undergo vulcanization |
warm, warm up | Get warm or warmer |
warm up | Become more friendly or open |
Opposite | stay, remain, rest | Stay the same |
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Spanish | alterar, cambiar, sufrir un cambio, transformar, variar |
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Catalan | alterar, canviar, transformar, variar |
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Nouns | change | a thing that is different |
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change | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
change | the result of alteration or modification |