| means | (verb) alter the nature of (elements)
transmute |
| means | (verb) make according to requirements; "customize a car"
customise, customize |
| means | (verb) 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, redact |
| means | (verb) make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered"
alter |
| means | (verb) 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"
transubstantiate, transform, transmute |
| means | (verb) subject to a mathematical transformation
transform |
| means | (verb) increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
transform |
| means | (verb) convert (one form of energy) to another; "transform energy to light"
transform |
| means | (verb) 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 |
| means | (verb) to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
improve, meliorate, ameliorate, amend, better |
| means | (verb) become established in a new location; "Our company relocated to the Midwest"
relocate |
| means | (verb) cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population"
convert |
| means | (verb) change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"
move |
| means | (verb) move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"
shift |
| means | (verb) change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil"
translate, transform |
| means | (verb) make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched"
shift, change over, switch |
| means | (verb) change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy; "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt"
convert, change over |
| means | (verb) 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"
alter, change, modify |
| means | (verb) 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"
turn, change by reversal, reverse |
| means | (verb) exchange a penalty for a less severe one
commute, exchange, convert |
| means | (verb) cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape"
cut, edit out, edit |
| means | (verb) 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"
turn |
| means | (verb) 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"
change |
| means | (verb) change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
transform, metamorphose, transmute |
| means | (verb) move or establish in a new location; "We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high"
relocate |
| means | (verb) change in quality; "His tone shifted"
shift |
| means | (verb) transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
transfer, transplant, transpose |
| means | (verb) change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers"
convert |
| means | (verb) move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"
transfer |
| means | (verb) change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
shift |
| means | (verb) progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
go, move, run |
| means | (verb) leave one's country of residence for a new one; "Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period"
emigrate |
| means | (verb) change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief; "She converted to Buddhism"
convert |
| means | (verb) come into a new country and change residency; "Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century"
immigrate |
| means | (verb) pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
turn, grow |
| means | (verb) 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"
move, displace |
| means | (verb) 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
deoxidise, reduce, deoxidize |
| means | (verb) become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
change, deepen |
| means | (verb) 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"
vary, alter, change |
| means | (verb) change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid"
convert |
| means | (verb) 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"
turn, change state |
| means | (verb) change from one vehicle or transportation line to another; "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast"
transfer, change |
| means | (verb) change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ
transubstantiate |
| means | (verb) migrate to a new environment; "only few plants can immigrate to the island"
immigrate |
| means | (verb) undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"
become, turn |
| means | (verb) 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"
go, travel, move, locomote |
| means | (verb) insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
interpolate, alter, falsify |