vary

Verb
  1. Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence (synset 200122978)
    "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
    subtypes:
    • alternate, jump - go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
    • crackle - to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks
    • modulate - vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
    • avianise, avianize - to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo
    • move - go or proceed from one point to another
    • accommodate, adapt - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
    • let out, widen - make (clothes) larger
    • take in - make (clothes) smaller
    • branch out, broaden, diversify - vary in order to spread risk or to expand
    • diversify, radiate - spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
    • narrow, narrow down, specialise, specialize - become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
    • honeycomb - make full of cavities, like a honeycomb
    • break - vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
    same as: alter, change
  2. Be at variance with;
    Be out of line with (synset 202667330)
    is a type of: differ - be different
    subtypes:
    same as: depart, deviate, diverge
  3. Be subject to change in accordance with a variable (synset 202668375)
    "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"
    is a type of: differ - be different
    subtypes:
    • co-vary - vary in the same time period (of two random variables)
    • drift - vary or move from a fixed point or course
  4. Make something more diverse and varied (synset 200437832)
    "Vary the menu"
    is a type of: diversify - make (more) diverse
    subtypes: checker, chequer - variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns
    same as: motley, variegate

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