Word Meanings - VARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4. (more info) 1. To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different
Additional info about word: VARY
To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4. (more info) 1. To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties, proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions. Shall we vary our device at will, Even as new occasion appears Spenser. 2. To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate. Gods, that never change their state, Vary oft their love and hate. Waller. We are to vary the customs according to the time and country where the scene of action lies. Dryden. 3. To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate. God hath varied their inclinations. Sir T. Browne. God hath here Varied his bounty so with new delights. Milton.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of VARY)
- Alter
- Substitute
- change
- vary
- modify
- exchange
- diversify
- remodel
- Change Vary
- alter
- qualify
- transmute
- substitute
- fluctuate
- shift
- veer
- Diversify
- Vary
- change modify
- variegate
- Fluctuate
- Waver
- oscillate
- hesitate
- vacillate
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of VARY)
Related words: (words related to VARY)
- PITCHSTONE
An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch. - MODIFY
1. To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract. 2. To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower. - PITCHERFUL
The quantity a pitcher will hold. - ALTERNATING CURRENT
A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow. - PITCHINESS
Blackness, as of pitch; darkness. - PITCHFORK
A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like. - PLACEMENT
1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place. - ALTERNATION
Permutation. 3. The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. Mason. Alternation of generation. See under Generation. (more info) 1. The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being - CHANGEFUL
Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain. Pope. His course had been changeful. Motley. -- Change"ful*ly, adv. -- Change"ful*ness, n. - PLACENTARY
Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification. - PLACE-KICK
To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n. - WAVERER
One who wavers; one who is unsettled in doctrine, faith, opinion, or the like. Shak. - PLANTIGRADA
A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species. - EXCHANGE EDITOR
An editor who inspects, and culls from, periodicals, or exchanges, for his own publication. - RETAINMENT
The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More. - PLANTULE
The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination. - FASTENER
One who, or that which, makes fast or firm. - VARIEGATE
To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors. The shells are filled with a white spar, which variegates and adds to the beauty of the - PLANTIGRADE
Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades. Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright. - SHIFT
divide; akin to LG. & D. schiften to divide, distinguish, part Icel. skipta to divide, to part, to shift, to change, Dan skifte, Sw. skifta, and probably to Icel. skifa to cut into slices, as n., a 1. To divide; to distribute; to apportion. To - DISPLANTATION
The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh. - SUPPLANT
heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, 1. To trip up. "Supplanted, down he fell." Milton. 2. To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the - SUBALTERNANT
A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2. Whately. - FALTER
To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. Halliwell. - MISALTER
To alter wrongly; esp., to alter for the worse. Bp. Hall. - BYSTANDER
One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer. - REEXCHANGE
To exchange anew; to reverse . - AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - REPLACEMENT
The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.