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Changing

adjective

1.

Marked by continuous change or effective action. Synonym: ever-changing.

Change

verb

(past & past part. changed; pres. part. changing)

1.

Cause to change; make different; cause a transformation. Synonyms: alter, modify. "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

2.

Undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature. "The weather changed last night"

3.

Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence. Synonyms: alter, vary. "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"

4.

Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another. Synonyms: shift, switch. "She switched psychiatrists" , "The car changed lanes"

5.

Change clothes; put on different clothes.

6.

Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category. Synonyms: commute, convert, exchange. "He changed his name" , "Convert centimeters into inches" , "Convert holdings into shares"

7.

Give to, and receive from, one another. Synonyms: exchange, interchange. "We have been exchanging letters for a year"

8.

Change from one vehicle or transportation line to another. Synonym: transfer.

9.

Become deeper in tone. Synonym: deepen. "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"

10.

Remove or replace the coverings of. "After each guest we changed the bed linens"

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"Changing" Quotes from Famous Books

... children mechanical and empirical. Home training involves the development of all their faculties as a unit and in their living relation, causing the body to move right, the mind to think right, the heart to feel right, and the soul to love right; changing your children from creatures of mere impulse, prejudice and passion, to thinking, loving and reasoning beings. To educate them is to bring out their hidden powers, to form their character, and prepare them for their station in life. Thus home-education ...

— The Christian Home • Samuel Philips

... the floor of the canyon dropped. Now we were twenty feet above it, now thirty. And the character of the cliffs was changing. Veins of quartz shone under the metallic plating like cut crystal, like cloudy opals; here was a splash of vermilion, there a patch of amber; bands ...

— The Metal Monster • A. Merritt

... into an evensong of color so solemn, so pensive that my wretched mood interpreted it as a visible dirge for the dead sun. Rose lapsed into purple, purple merged into blue, the blue bordering on a field of hammered gold that was changing shape and hue; all of which was eloquent of sadness. It seemed as though the heavens were in an ecstasy of grief and everybody about me were ...

— The Rise of David Levinsky • Abraham Cahan

... was changing. It had come on dark and heavy. Hot and breathless like the one before, he had taken no notice of the change save for the increased darkness. Now he felt a sudden damp touch on his face, as if a wet finger had been laid there. The faintest of winds had blown for a moment or two, ...

— The Sword of Antietam • Joseph A. Altsheler

... whole width of the cell, and then sink down again. Small spheres of protoplasm, apparently quite free, are often driven by the current round the cells; and filaments attached to the central masses are swayed to and fro, as if struggling to escape. Altogether, one of these cells with the ever changing central masses, and with the layer of protoplasm flowing round the walls, presents a wonderful scene of ...

— Insectivorous Plants • Charles Darwin

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