nnoun.actthe sterilization of an animalSynset:fixing neutering
Examples:- they took him to the vet for neutering
Derivationally Related Form:fixneuter
Hypernyms:sterilisation sterilization
Inherited Hypernyms:neuteringsterilizationoperationmedical procedureprocedureactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:castrationemasculationspaying
Full Hyponyms:castrationspaying
vverb.changecause to change; make different; cause a transformationSynset:alter change modify
Examples:- The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city
- The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Derivationally Related Form:modificationalterationmodifiablechangealterablechanger
Inherited Hypernyms:change
Direct Hyponyms:AmericaniseAmericanizeEuropeaniseEuropeanizeFrenchifyIslamiseIslamizeaccelerateaccustomacerbateacetylateacetyliseacetylizeachromatiseachromatizeactivateaddadjustadornaerateaffectageaggravatealchemisealchemizealcoholisealcoholizealienatealkalinisealkalinizeallegoriseallegorizealteramalgamateameliorateamendangulateanimaliseanimalizeanimateanimiseanimizeantiquateantiquearchaisearchaizearousearterialisearterializeashassimilateautomateautomatiseautomatizeawakenbarbbarbarisebarbarizebear onbear uponbeautifybedimbeef upbegrimebemirebestialisebestializebestowbetterblearblindblisterblot outbluntblurboilbolshevisebolshevizebreakbreak downbreak upbrightenbringbrutalisebrutalizebubblecalcifycampcapturecause to sleepcentralisecentralizechange intensitychange overchange tastechargechastencheckchillchordcircularizecivilisecivilizeclarifyclassiciseclassicizecleanclearclotcloudcoagulatecoarsencoherecollimatecollycolorcolor incolorisecolorizecolourcolour 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Causes:change
Full Troponyms:abacinateabbreviateabortabridgeaccelerateacerbateacetylateachromatizeacid-washactivateaddictadhereadjustadvanceaffectafflictageagenizeaggregateairair-conditionair-slakeair outalchemizealcoholizealignalkalinizeallegorizeallowalteramericanizeammoniateammonifyangulateanimateanimizeantiquateantiqueantisepticizeappliquearchaizearterializeashassimilateattackattuneaugmentaurifyautoclaveautomatizeawakenaxazurebackbacterizebailbalanceballastbang upbarbbarbarizebarberbarkbarrage jambastardizebastebatebathebattenbayonetbeadbecomebedewbedizenbedragglebefuddlebejewelbeneficiatebenefitbenightbesotbespotbestializebetterbiasbilgebillowbitterbituminizeblack outblackmailblackwashblank outblanket jambleachbleedblemishblendblightblindblisterbloatblockblowblow-dryblow upbluntblurbobbog downboilboldfacebolsterbomb upbombardbondboostbootbowdlerizebracebracketbraidbrandbreakbreak downbreak inbreambreathebrewbrightenbrimbrinebringbring aroundbring 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Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | They --- their earnings this year (apply to: change)
vverb.changebecome different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essenceSynset:alter change vary
Examples:- her mood changes in accordance with the weather
- The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season
Derivationally Related Form:changevariantvariablevariation
Inherited Hypernyms:change
Direct Hyponyms:accommodateadaptalternateavianiseavianizebranch outbreakbroadencracklediversifyhoneycombjumplet outmodulatemovenarrownarrow downradiatespecialisespecializetake inwiden
Full Troponyms:adaptadjustalternateangliciseavianizebreakchristianizecracklediversifydomesticateelectrifyfitgearhoneycomblet outmodulatemovenaturalizeoverspecializepopularizescrollshoehornsinkspecializesteptailortake intranscribe
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | They --- the countryside (apply to: change)
vverb.creationmake an alteration toExamples:- This dress needs to be altered
Derivationally Related Form:alterationalterable
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:alterchange
Entailment:sew tailor tailor-make
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- the cape (apply to: alter)
vverb.changeinsert words into texts, often falsifying it therebySynset:alter falsify interpolate
Derivationally Related Form:falsificationinterpolationfalsifier
Hypernyms:edit redact
Inherited Hypernyms:interpolateeditchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.bodyremove the ovaries ofSynset:alter castrate neuter spay
Derivationally Related Form:castrationneuteringneuterspaying
Hypernyms:desex desexualise desexualize fix sterilise sterilize unsex
Inherited Hypernyms:altersterilizeoperate ontreat
Direct Hyponyms:defeminisedefeminize
Full Troponyms:defeminize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody