| 单词 | modify |
| 释义 | modify (once / 204 pages) v To modify is to change or transform, but only slightly. If you miss your free-throws half the time, your coach will probably try to improve your shooting average by modifying your technique. Modify may mean to alter something, but it's not a total makeover. When you modify or make modifications, you're making subtle changes. These tweaks are usually needed to make improvements or make the thing being modified less extreme. So you can modify your voice if your tone is too harsh, or modify your wardrobe with a few new pairs of cool shoes. WORD FAMILYmodify: modifiable, modification, modified, modifier, modifies, modifying+/modifiable: unmodifiable/modification: modifications/modified: unmodified/modifier: modifiers USAGE EXAMPLESHow it works: A modified stethoscope is put in a vest. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) “I really like the creativity that we use to modify them,” she said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The winners advance to the modified double-elimination portion of the tournament. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1v cause to change; make different; cause a transformation Syn|Hypo alter, change arouse, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken cause to become awake or conscious cause to sleepmake fall asleep affectact physically on; have an effect upon freshen, refresh, refreshenmake fresh again fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminateintroduce semen into (a female) indisposecause to feel unwell crybring into a particular state by crying etiolatemake pale or sickly shadevary slightly animalise, animalize, brutalise, brutalizemake brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman convertchange the nature, purpose, or function of something opalise, opalizemake opalescent arterialise, arterializechange venous blood into arterial blood get, makegive certain properties to something counterchange, interchange, transposecause to change places vascularise, vascularizemake vascular decrepitateto roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops suburbanise, suburbanizemake suburban in character overturn, revolutionise, revolutionizechange radically etiolatebleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight barbarise, barbarizemake crude or savage in behavior or speech alkalinise, alkalinizemake (a substance) alkaline mythicise, mythicize, mythologise, mythologizemake into a myth allegorise, allegorizemake into an allegory demythologise, demythologizeremove the mythical element from (writings) bring, landbring into a different state coarsenmake less subtle or refined affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch onhave an effect upon alchemise, alchemizealter (elements) by alchemy alcoholise, alcoholizemake alcoholic, as by fermenting form, shapegive shape or form to round, round down, round off, round outexpress as a round number suspendcause to be held in suspension in a fluid sobercause to become sober reconstructcause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically increasemake bigger or more ease off, ease up, let upreduce pressure or intensity assimilatemake similar dissimilatemake dissimilar; cause to become less similar commute, convert, exchangeexchange a penalty for a less severe one vitalise, vitalizegive life to clear, unclutterrid of obstructions activatemake active or more active activatemake (substances) radioactive activate, aerateaerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter activatemake more adsorptive deactivate, inactivatemake inactive blunt, deadenmake less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation reconstruct, redo, remodeldo over, as of (part of) a house edit, redactprepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting cut, edit, edit outcut and assemble the components of chasten, subdue, tamecorrect by punishment or discipline chasten, moderate, temperrestrain ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorateto make better aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsenmake worse wetcause to become wet dry, dry outremove the moisture from and make dry lubricatemake slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant beef up, fortify, strengthenmake strong or stronger fortify, lace, spikeadd alcohol to (beverages) weakenlessen the strength of bluntmake less sharp oxidate, oxidise, oxidizeadd oxygen to or combine with oxygen merge, unify, unitejoin or combine agemake older mature, ripencause to ripen or develop fully antiquate, antiquegive an antique appearance to antiquatemake obsolete or old-fashioned develop, make growcause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development softenmake soft or softer damageinflict damage upon ossifycause to become hard and bony acerbatemake sour or bitter stabilise, stabilizemake stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium destabilise, destabilizemake unstable sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitizemake sensitive or aware desensitise, desensitizemake insensitive accustom, habituatemake psychologically or physically used (to something) disarray, disorderbring disorder to discolorcause to lose or change color color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourizeadd color to stainproduce or leave stains huetake on color or become colored uglifymake ugly untunecause to be out of tune adjust, correct, setalter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard setput into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state disqualify, indispose, unfitmake unfit or unsuitable domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tameovercome the wildness of; make docile and tractable widenmake wider dehydrogenateremove hydrogen from hydrogenatecombine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound) oxygenise, oxygenizechange (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) darkenmake dark or darker brighten, lighten, lighten upmake lighter or brighter blear, blurmake dim or indistinct bedim, obscure, overcloudmake obscure or unclear blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veilmake undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing cooktransform by heating slenderise, slenderizemake slender or appear to be slender crackcause to become cracked dismiss, dissolvedeclare void end, terminatebring to an end or halt defog, demistfree from mist concentrate, condense, contractcompress or concentrate chill, cool, cool downmake cool or cooler heat, heat upmake hot or hotter warmmake warm or warmer boilbring to, or maintain at, the boiling point freezecause to freeze blistercause blisters to form on change over, shift, switchmake a shift in or exchange of transposechange key change over, convertchange from one system to another or to a new plan or policy transformincrease or decrease (an alternating current or voltage) transformchange (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species transformconvert (one form of energy) to another transmutealter the nature of (elements) transform, transmute, transubstantiatechange or alter in form, appearance, or nature ashconvert into ashes transform, translatechange from one form or medium into another reclaim, rectify, reform, regeneratebring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one convertcause to adopt a new or different faith Islamise, Islamizecause to conform to Islamic law invert, reverse, turn backturn inside out or upside down invertmake an inversion (in a musical composition) customise, customizemake according to requirements individualise, individualize, personalise, personalizemake personal or more personal depersonalise, depersonalize, objectifymake impersonal or present as an object sharpenraise the pitch of (musical notes) drop, flattenlower the pitch of (musical notes) disintegratecause to undergo fission or lose particles magnetise, magnetizemake magnetic degauss, demagnetise, demagnetizemake nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) simplifymake simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent complicate, elaborate, rarify, refinemake more complex, intricate, or richer refinemake more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of complicate, perplexmake more complicated pressurise, pressurize, superchargeincrease the pressure on a gas or liquid centralise, centralize, concentratemake central decentralise, decentralize, deconcentratemake less central socialise, socializemake conform to socialist ideas and philosophies fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set, set upmake ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc internationalise, internationalizemake international in character bolshevise, bolshevize, communise, communizemake Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles Europeanise, Europeanizemake (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas Europeanise, Europeanizedenationalize and subject (a territory) to the supervision of an agency of a European community of nations bestialise, bestializemake brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to Americanise, Americanizemake American in character Frenchifymake French in appearance or character civilise, civilizeraise from a barbaric to a civilized state nationalise, nationalizeput under state control or ownership denationalise, denationalizeput under private control or ownership naturalise, naturalizemake into a citizen denaturalise, denaturalizestrip of the rights and duties of citizenship naturalise, naturalizemake more natural or lifelike denaturalise, denaturalizemake less natural or unnatural even, even outbecome even or more even equal, equalise, equalize, equate, matchmake equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching stiffenmake stiff or stiffer loose, loosenmake loose or looser fasten, tightenmake tight or tighter transitivise, transitivizemake transitive detransitivise, detransitivize, intransitivise, intransitivizeintransitivize inspissate, thickenmake thick or thicker fullmake (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering diversifymake (more) diverse decelerate, slow downreduce the speed of deadenmake vapid or deprive of spirit accelerate, speed, speed upcause to move faster check, delay, retardslow the growth or development of decrease, lessen, minifymake smaller liquefy, liquidise, liquidize, liquifymake (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating solvatecause a solvation in (a substance) dissolvecause to fade away validatemake valid or confirm the validity of invalidate, vitiate, voidtake away the legal force of or render ineffective emptymake void or empty of contents fill, fill up, make fullmake full, also in a metaphorical sense saturatecause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance clot, coagulatecause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state loudencause to become loud normalise, normalize, renormalise, renormalizemake normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard morphcause to change shape in a computer animation neutralise, neutralizemake chemically neutral commercialise, commercialize, marketmake commercial purge, purify, sanctifymake pure or free from sin or guilt mechanise, mechanizemake mechanical automate, automatise, automatizemake automatic or control or operate automatically automatise, automatizeturn into an automaton mechanise, mechanizemake monotonous; make automatic or routine chord, harmonise, harmonizebring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing polarise, polarizecause to vibrate in a definite pattern glorifybestow glory upon contaminatemake radioactive by adding radioactive material devaluelower the value or quality of insulateprotect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material calcifyconvert into lime urbanise, urbanizemake more industrial or city-like urbanise, urbanizeimpart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon emulsifycause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion demulsifycause to demulsify decarboxylateremove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound) nazifycause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character fecundate, fertilise, fertilizemake fertile or productive clarifymake clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating embrittlemake brittle markmake or leave a mark on nickdivide or reset the tail muscles of disable, disenable, incapacitatemake unable to perform a certain action enablerender capable or able for some task de-emphasise, de-emphasize, destressreduce the emphasis tender, tenderise, tenderizemake tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer chargecause formation of a net electrical charge in or on bubblecause to form bubbles sweetenmake sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable iodinatecause to combine with iodine ionateadd ions to archaise, archaizegive an archaic appearance of character to informgive character or essence to officialise, officializemake official occidentalise, occidentalize, westernise, westernizemake western in character orientalise, orientalizemake oriental in character acetylate, acetylise, acetylizeintroduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) achromatise, achromatizeremove color from collimate, parallelmake or place parallel to something campgive an artificially banal or sexual quality to classicise, classicizemake classic or classical conventionalise, conventionalizemake conventional or adapt to conventions decimalise, decimalizechange from fractions to decimals dizzymake dizzy or giddy envenom, poisonadd poison to exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, externalize, objectifymake external or objective, or give reality to glamorise, glamorize, glamourise, glamourizemake glamorous and attractive introvertturn inside laicise, laicizereduce to lay status politicise, politicizegive a political character to radicalizemake more radical in social or political outlook proofactivate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk romanticise, romanticizemake romantic in style rusticatelend a rustic character to sauceadd zest or flavor to, make more interesting shallow, shoalmake shallow tenseincrease the tension on steepenmake steeper scramblemake unintelligible unscramblemake intelligible unsexremove the qualities typical of one's sex vitrifychange into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat pallcause to become flat saponifyconvert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali expand, extendexpand the influence of set aside, suspendmake inoperative or stop muddymake turbid transformsubject to a mathematical transformation elevate, lift, raiseraise in rank or condition harshenmake harsh or harsher dingemake dingy demonise, demonizemake into a demon devilise, devilize, diabolise, diabolizeturn into a devil or make devilish etherealize, etherialisemake ethereal immaterialise, immaterialize, unsubstantialise, unsubstantializerender immaterial or incorporeal animate, animise, animizegive lifelike qualities to clearmake clear, bright, light, or translucent dynamise, dynamizemake (a drug) effective dynamise, dynamizemake more dynamic rarefy, sublimate, subtilizemake more subtle or refined volatilise, volatilizemake volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor uniformise, uniformizemake uniform symmetrise, symmetrizemake symmetric eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalise, immortalizemake famous forever denaturemake (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes denaturemodify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished denatureadd nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb sanitise, sanitizemake less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features verbifymake into a verb shiftmove from one setting or context to another sputtercause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed drawbring or lead someone to a certain action or condition makechange from one form into another dopeadd impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties prostraterender helpless or defenseless exciteproduce a magnetic field in energise, energize, exciteraise to a higher energy level shakebring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking outmodemake unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete spice, spice upmake more interesting or flavorful shortenmake short or shorter thinkbring into a given condition by mental preoccupation makecause to be enjoyable or pleasurable deflateproduce deflation in inflatecause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit reflateeconomics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation digitalise, digitalize, digitise, digitizeput into digital form, as for use in a computer gelatinise, gelatinizeconvert into gelatinous form or jelly recombinecause genetic recombination effeminise, effeminize, feminise, feminize, womanizeto give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to masculinise, masculinize, virilise, virilizeproduce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy masculinizegive a masculine appearance or character to disharmonize, dissonatecause to sound harsh and unpleasant sexualise, sexualizemake sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to schematise, schematizegive conventional form to patentmake open to sight or notice constitutionalise, constitutionalizeincorporate into a constitution, make constitutional rationalise, rationalizeremove irrational quantities from plasticise, plasticizemake plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer rarefylessen the density or solidity of paganise, paganizemake pagan in character incandescecause to become incandescent or glow deaminate, deaminizeremove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination angulatemake or become angular circularizemake circular sensitise, sensitizemake (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion sensitise, sensitizemake sensitive to a drug or allergen depolarise, depolarizeeliminate the polarization of intensifymake the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark isomerise, isomerizecause to change into an isomer legitimatemake (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone) evaporate, vaporisecause to change into a vapor industrialise, industrializeorganize (the production of something) into an industry opacifymake opaque opsonizemake (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes militarise, militarizeadopt for military use nationalise, nationalizemake national in character or scope recommendmake attractive or acceptable sentimentalise, sentimentalizemake (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities solemnise, solemnizemake solemn and grave territorialise, territorializeplace on a territorial basis transaminatechange (an amino group) by transferring it from one compound to another glorify, spiritualize, transfigureelevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration unsanctifyremove the sanctification from or make unsanctified vesiculatecause to become vesicular or full of air cells visualise, visualizemake visible variegatechange the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors ventilatefurnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape vivifymake more striking or animated vulgarise, vulgarizedebase and make vulgar supplemake pliant and flexible professionalise, professionalizemake professional or give a professional character to smutmake obscene stillmake motionless weaponizemake into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon eroticize, sex upgive erotic character to or make more interesting piggybackbring into alignment with portmodify (software) for use on a different machine or platform lifehackmake one's day-to-day activities more efficient cloudmake less clear blur, confuse, obnubilate, obscuremake unclear, indistinct, or blurred moderate, tame, tone downmake less strong or intense; soften obfuscatemake obscure or unclear synchronise, synchronizemake (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action mince, moderate, softenmake less severe or harsh militarise, militarizelend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force break down, crushmake ineffective fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump outmake fat or plump disturb, touchtamper with dullmake dull in appearance blunt, dullmake dull or blunt sharpenmake sharp or sharper coarsenmake or become coarse or coarser loosenmake less dense loosen, undo, untiecause to become loose barbprovide with barbs stringprovide with strings straighten, straighten outmake straight bringcause to come into a particular state or condition amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix, unifyto bring or combine together or with something else chargefill or load to capacity putcause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation clean, make cleanmake clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soilmake soiled, filthy, or dirty depress, lowercause to drop or sink deformmake formless break, break updestroy the completeness of a set of related items altermake an alteration to adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornamentmake more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. humanise, humanizemake more humane humblecause to be unpretentious alien, alienate, disaffect, estrangearouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness rightput in or restore to an upright position desensitise, desensitizecause not to be sensitive deodorise, deodorize, deodouriseeliminate the odor from developmake visible by means of chemical solutions blurto make less distinct or clear blindmake blind by putting the eyes out change intensityincrease or decrease in intensity change tastealter the flavor of exchange, interchange, replace, substituteput in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items capturebring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit add, bestow, bring, contribute, impart, lendbestow a quality on reestablish, reinstate, restorebring back into original existence, use, function, or position liberalise, liberalizemake liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules compensate, correct, redress, rightmake reparations or amends for democratise, democratizeintroduce democratic reforms; of nations neutralizemake politically neutral and thus inoffensive corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiatecorrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality loosen, relaxmake less severe or strict unify, unitebring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation flocculatecause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate turncause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics coherecause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole reawakenawaken once again attackbegin to injure ulcerateaffect with an ulcer bring around, bring back, bring round, bring toreturn to consciousness calm, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillizecause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulatecause to be alert and energetic de-energise, de-energizedeprive of energy strain, tense, tense upcause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unlax, unstrain, unwindcause to feel relaxed breakweaken or destroy in spirit or body crampaffect with or as if with a cramp stratifyrender fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand bang up, impregnatemake pregnant impregnatefertilize and cause to grow cross-fertilise, cross-fertilizecause to undergo cross-fertilization cross-pollinate, pollenate, pollinatefertilize by transfering pollen irritateexcite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame inflamecause inflammation in alleviate, assuage, palliate, relieveprovide physical relief, as from pain hurtgive trouble or pain to bind, constipatecause to be constipated fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, wearyexhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress aid, helpimprove the condition of disinfectdestroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing regenerate, revitalizerestore strength jaundiceaffect with, or as if with, jaundice callrouse somebody from sleep with a call caramelise, caramelizeconvert to caramel rasterizeconvert (an image) into pixels humifyconvert (plant remains) into humus verbalise, verbalizeconvert into a verb sporulateconvert into spores fictionalise, fictionalize, novelise, novelizeconvert into the form or the style of a novel deadenconvert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil opalise, opalizereplace or convert into opal receiveconvert into sounds or pictures reconvertconvert back maltconvert into malt maltconvert grain into malt rendercause to become get, have, letcause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition carnalise, carnalize, sensualise, sensualizedebase through carnal gratification strike a blowaffect adversely repercusscause repercussions; have an unwanted effect tell onproduce an effect or strain on somebody redoundhave an effect for good or ill individuategive individual shape or form to tieform a knot or bow in terracemake into terraces as for cultivation forkshape like a fork tabulateshape or cut with a flat surface dimensionshape or form to required dimensions rollshape by rolling drawflatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching strikecause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallizecause to take on a definite and clear shape twistform into twists sliverform into slivers ridgeform into a ridge plumeform a plume round, round off, round outmake round scallop, scollopshape or cut in scallops square, square upmake square resuspendput back into suspension proportionadjust in size relative to other things suppressreduce the incidence or severity of or stop extend, stretchincrease in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance augmentenlarge or increase build upenlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages enlargemake larger upraise raiseraise the level or amount of something transducecause transduction (of energy forms) vitalise, vitalizemake more lively or vigorous ruggedise, ruggedizeproduce in a version designed to withstand rough usage devitalise, devitalizesap of life or energy shakeundermine or cause to waver modulateadjust the pitch, tone, or volume of enrichmake better or improve in quality build up, developchange the use of and make available or usable bailempty (a vessel) by bailing clutter, clutter upfill a space in a disorderly way clog, overloadfill to excess so that function is impaired brimfill as much as possible reactivateactivate (an old file) anew obtundreduce the edge or violence of petrifycause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned burnburn with heat, fire, or radiation frostdamage by frost moderatemake less fast or intense mitigatemake less severe or harsh alter, falsify, interpolateinsert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby cut up, hacksignificantly cut up a manuscript black outsuppress by censorship as for political reasons blank outcut out, as for political reasons break, break inmake submissive, obedient, or useful turn aroundimprove dramatically helpimprove; change for the better upgradeto improve what was old or outdated conditionput into a better state cheapen, degradelower the grade of something; reduce its worth emendmake improvements or corrections to iron out, put right, straighten outsettle or put right dehydrate, desiccate, dry up, exsiccatelose water or moisture dehydrate, desiccateremove water from bedewcover with drops of dew or as with dew spin-drydry (clothes) by spinning and making use of centrifugal forces tumble drydry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder spray-drydry by bringing into the form of a spray, through contact with a hot gas dehumidifymake less humid douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop, sousecover with liquid; pour liquid onto dampen, moisten, washmake moist parch, searcause to wither or parch from exposure to heat rough-drydry without smoothing or ironing blow-drydry hair with a hair dryer drip-drydry by hanging up wet substantiatesolidify, firm, or strengthen restrengthenmake strong again brace up, undergirdmake secure underneath confirmmake more firm reenforce, reinforcemake stronger buttressmake stronger or defensible depresslessen the activity or force of unbraceremove a brace or braces from etiolatemake weak by stunting the growth or development of cripple, stultifydeprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless cut, dilute, reduce, thin, thin outlessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture attenuate, rarefyweaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) bluntmake less intense irrigate, watersupply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams besprinkle, sparge, sprinklescatter with liquid; wet lightly enhancemake better or more attractive pare, pare downdecrease gradually or bit by bit circumscribe, confine, limitrestrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" boil down, concentrate, reducecook until very little liquid is left catabolise, catabolizesubject to catabolism breathereach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked blow up, enlarge, magnifymake large reduce, shrinkreduce in size; reduce physically reducemake less complex consolidatebring together into a single whole or system weldunite closely or intimately consubstantiateunite in one common substance abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shortenreduce in scope while retaining essential elements abate, slack, slakemake less active or intense growcause to grow or develop manifold, multiplycombine or increase by multiplication work out, work upcome up with elaborate, work outwork out in detail build, build up, ramp up, work upbolster or strengthen mellowsoften, make mellow mollifymake less rigid or softer bilgecause to leak breakrender inoperable or ineffective totaldamage beyond the point of repair bruisedamage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure disturbdamage as if by shaking or jarring afflict, smitecause physical pain or suffering in hurt, injurecause damage or affect negatively bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch onrestore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken impairmake worse or less effective blemish, flawadd a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective dishmake concave; shape like a dish amplify, blow up, expand, inflateexaggerate or make bigger reformmake changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices reformimprove by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition lour, lower, turn downmake lower or quieter paralyse, paralyzemake powerless and unable to function pegstabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations harden, indurate, inurecause to accept or become hardened to; habituate teachaccustom gradually to some action or attitude corrode, eat, rustcause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid eat away, erode, fretremove soil or rock mess, mess upmake a mess of or create disorder in derange, perturb, throw out of kilterthrow into great confusion or disorder disarrangedisturb the arrangement of bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolouriseremove color from blackwashcolor with blackwash sallowcause to become sallow wash outdrain off the color in the course of laundering foliategrow leaves motley, parti-colormake motley; color with different colors polychrome, polychromise, polychromizecolor with many colors; make polychrome azurecolor azure empurple, purple, purpuratecolor purple aurifyturn golden verdigriscolor verdigris pinkifymake pink incarnadinemake flesh-colored brown, embrownmake brown in color handcolor, handcolourcolor by hand smutstain with a dirty substance, such as soot tinct, tinge, tint, touchcolor lightly pigmentcolor or dye with a pigment pigmentacquire pigment; become colored or imbued hue, imbuesuffuse with color retouchgive retouches to (hair) silvermake silver in color gray, greymake grey tonechange to a color image escalate, intensify, step upincrease in extent or intensity de-escalate, step down, weakenreduce the level or intensity or size or scope of cut up, mangle, mutilatedestroy or injure severely beautify, embellish, fancify, prettifymake more beautiful mollify, season, tempermake more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate temperadjust the pitch (of pianos) tune, tune upadjust the pitches of (musical instruments) calibrate, fine-tune, graduatemake fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring tune, tune upadjust for (better) functioning timeadjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time trimadjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used zero, zero inadjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun) zeroadjust (an instrument or device) to zero value readjust, resetadjust again after an initial failure attuneadjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with timeregulate or set the time of pitchset to a certain pitch setset to a certain position or cause to operate correctly keynoteset the keynote of modulate, regulatefix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of fitmake fit white outwiden the interlinear spacing by inserting leads oxygenise, oxygenizedehydrogenate with oxygen boostgive a boost to; be beneficial to infuscatedarken with a brownish tinge, as of insect wings embrowncause to darken murkmake dark, dim, or gloomy dunmake a dun color blind, dimmake dim by comparison or conceal dimmake dim or lusterless bedim, benightmake darker and difficult to perceive by sight focalise, focalize, focus, sharpenput (an image) into focus depreciatelower the value of something lengthenmake longer farce, stufffill with a stuffing while cooking feudalizebring (a country or people) under feudalism stufffill tightly with a material bolster, padadd padding to crisp, crispen, toastmake brown and crisp by heating shatterdamage or destroy check, chinkmake cracks or chinks in fissurebreak into fissures or fine cracks close outterminate finishcause to finish a relationship with somebody abortterminate before completion culminatebring to a head or to the highest point lift, raiseput an end to ax, axeterminate kill, stamp outend or extinguish by forceful means break up, dissolvecome to an end break up, dissolvebring the association of to an end or cause to break up break, break off, discontinue, stopprevent completion break, interruptterminate pervaporatecause (a liquid) to evaporate through a semipermeable membrane quenchcool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid iceput ice on or put on ice refrigeratecool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator scaldheat to the boiling point soakheat a metal prior to working it calcineheat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces preheatheat beforehand overheatmake excessively or undesirably hot chafewarm by rubbing, as with the hands decoctextract the essence of something by boiling it deep freezestore in a deep-freeze, as for conservation icecause to become ice or icy flash-freeze, quick-freezefreeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors scorch, searmake very hot and dry metricate, metricise, metricize, metrifyconvert from a non-metric to the metric system flourconvert grain into flour transubstantiatechange (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ sorcerise, sorcerizetransform or change by means of sorcery metricise, metricizeexpress in the metric system reclaimmake useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state moralise, moralizeimprove the morals of regenerateamplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit Islamise, Islamizeconvert to Islam Christianise, Christianizeconvert to Christianity evangelise, evangelizeconvert to Christianity catholicise, catholicize, latinise, latinizecause to adopt Catholicism debilitate, drain, enfeeblemake weak enervateweaken mentally or morally break, damp, dampen, soften, weakenlessen in force or effect dampencheck; keep in check (a fire) dampenreduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves) strapsharpen with a strap sync, synchronise, synchronizemake synchronous and adjust in time or manner maceratesoften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result oversimplifymake too simple complexifymake complex involvemake complex or intricate or complicated developelaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme sophisticatemake more complex or refined embrangle, snarl, snarl upmake more complicated or confused through entanglements pressurise, pressurizeincrease the pressure in or of decompress, depressurise, depressurizedecrease the pressure of socialise, socializeprepare for social life providetake measures in preparation for cramprepare (students) hastily for an impending exam preconditionput into the required condition beforehand fixkill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study mountfix onto a backing, setting, or support lay out, set, set upget ready for a particular purpose or event winterise, winterizeprepare for winter summerise, summerizeprepare for summer primeinsert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing communise, communizemake into property owned by the state privatise, privatizechange from governmental to private control or ownership homologise, homologizemake homologous starchstiffen with starch buckramstiffen with or as with buckram ossify, petrify, rigidifymake rigid and set into a conventional pattern relax, unbendmake less taut fraptake up the slack of firm, tautenmake taut or tauter remit, slackenmake slack as by lessening tension or firmness minimise, minimizemake small or insignificant maximise, maximizemake as big or large as possible bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim downcut down on; make a reduction in cuthave a reducing effect heightenmake more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity heighten, risebecome more extreme motley, variegate, varymake something more diverse and varied retardcause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate fishtailslow down by moving the tail sideways rev, rev upincrease the number of rotations per minute rev up, step upspeed up relax, slack, slack up, slackenmake less active or fast belittle, diminishlessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of buildimprove the cleansing action of etchselectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons clean out, clear outempty completely bleeddrain of liquid or steam evacuateempty completely evacuatecreate a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel) eviscerateremove the contents of voidclear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something clearremove the occupants of clearrid of instructions or data exhaustuse up the whole supply of knock outempty (as of tobacco) by knocking out populatefill with inhabitants drainempty of liquid; drain the liquid from top offfill to the point of almost overflowing heapfill to overflow overfillfill beyond capacity inkfill with ink fill again, refill, replenishfill something that had previously been emptied primefill with priming liquid linefill plentifully completebring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements fit, matchmake correspond or harmonize homogenise, homogenizecause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing ferment, workcause to undergo fermentation delay, detain, staystop or halt flattenmake flat or flatter plumbadjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical align, coordinate, ordinatebring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation negate, neutralise, neutralize, nullifymake ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of hone, perfectmake perfect or complete down, fine-tune, polish, refineimprove or perfect by pruning or polishing distill, make pure, purify, sublimateremove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation spiritualise, spiritualizepurify from the corrupting influences of the world lustratepurify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials deform, distort, strainalter the shape of (something) by stress blowshape by blowing blockshape into a block or blocks blockshape by using a block cupform into the shape of a cup deflower, impair, mar, spoil, vitiatemake imperfect crush out, extinguish, press out, stub outextinguish by crushing dehumanise, dehumanizemake mechanical or routine semi-automatise, semi-automatizemake semiautomatic finalise, finalize, nail down, settlemake final; put the last touches on; put into final form harmonise, harmonize, reconcilebring into consonance or accord keyregulate the musical pitch of complete, finishcome or bring to a finish or an end airexpose to warm or heated air, so as to dry linearise, linearizemake linear or get into a linear form justifyadjust the spaces between words foulmake unclean contaminate, foul, pollutemake impure alloy, debaselower in value by increasing the base-metal content weatherstripprovide with weatherstripping soundproofinsulate against noise advance, boost, superchargeincrease or raise impregnate, saturateinfuse or fill completely impregnate, infuse, instill, tincturefill, as with a certain quality citifyaccustom to urban ways excite, stimulateact as a stimulant federalise, federalizeput under the control and authority of a federal government nitrifyconvert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria devitrifymake (glassy materials) brittle or opaque electrifycharge (a conductor) with electricity fructifymake productive or fruitful fossilise, fossilizeconvert to a fossil dotmark with a dot stigmatise, stigmatizemark with a stigma or stigmata raddlemark or paint with raddle striatemark with striae or striations inkmark, coat, cover, or stain with ink dimplemark with, or as if with, dimples spotmark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition crisscrossmark with a pattern of crossing lines asterisk, starmark with an asterisk flagprovide with a flag tipmark with a tip tantreat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather dressconvert into leather lay updisable or confine, as with an illness nobbledisable by drugging pinioncut the wings off (of birds) equipprovide with abilities or understanding process, treatsubject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition mystifymake mysterious upsetdisturb the balance or stability of diagonalise, diagonalizetransform a matrix to a diagonal matrix closure, clotureterminate debate by calling for a vote compostconvert to compost decimalise, decimalizechange to the decimal system lour, lowerset lower reddenmake red slackrelease tension on broaden, extend, widenextend in scope or range or area castrate, emasculatedeprive of strength or vigor wash outdeplete of strength or vitality bake, broilheat by a natural force reheatheat again dignifyraise the status of exaltraise in rank, character, or status shiftmove and exchange for another lift, raiseinvigorate or heighten transitioncause to convert or undergo a transition transfer, transplant, transposetransfer from one place or period to another transcribeconvert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA advancedevelop further saltadd zest or liveliness to backshift to a counterclockwise direction veershift to a clockwise direction cutshorten as if by severing the edges or ends of hydrolise, hydrolizemake a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis floatconvert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation stalinise, stalinizetransform in accordance with Stalin's policies destalinise, destalinizecounteract the effects and policies of Stalinism scrapmake into scrap or refuse keratinise, keratinizeconvert into keratin upgradegive better travel conditions to diazotizeconvert (an amine) into a diazo compound hayconvert (plant material) into hay lignifyconvert into wood or cause to become woody mineralizetransform (a metal) into an ore mineralizeconvert into a mineral substance ozonise, ozonizeconvert (oxygen) into ozone slagconvert into slag sulfateconvert into a sulfate cutinizeconvert into cutin duplexchange into a duplex reducedestress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it muddycause to become muddy copyedit, copyread, subeditedit and correct (written or printed material) adjudicate, decide, resolve, settlebring to an end; settle conclusively concludebring to a close registerenter into someone's consciousness closecomplete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement proselytise, proselytizeconvert to another faith or religion bracket, bracket outplace into brackets color, colour, distort, tingeaffect as in thought or feeling dubprovide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language encodeconvert information into code underline, underscoredraw a line or lines underneath to call attention to endanger, expose, peril, queer, scupperput in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position mobilise, mobilizeget ready for war remilitarise, remilitarizemilitarize anew draw, tiefinish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc. addict, hookto cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) inebriate, intoxicate, soakmake drunk (with alcoholic drinks) violatedestroy hit, strikeaffect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely brace, stabilise, stabilize, steadysupport or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace untwistcause to become untwisted brushclean with a brush dustremove the dust from hoover, vacuum, vacuum-cleanclean with a vacuum cleaner hygienise, hygienize, sanitise, sanitizemake sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing breamclean (a ship's bottom) with heat steam, steam cleanclean by means of steaming edgeprovide with an edge stropsharpen on a strop whetsharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone honesharpen with a hone smearstain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance slimecover or stain with slime muddy, muddy updirty with mud stripemark with stripes speckproduce specks in or on bespotmark with, or as if with, spots scarifybreak up unbendfree from flexure core out, hollow, hollow outremove the interior of confine, hold, restrainto close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement battensecure with battens batten, batten down, securefurnish with battens squirtwet with a spurt of liquid unscrewloosen something by unscrewing it unscrewloosen by turning screwtighten or fasten by means of screwing motions extendopen or straighten out; unbend channelise, channelizecause to form a channel aggregate, combinegather in a mass, sum, or whole fluff, ruffleerect or fluff up plume, preenclean with one's bill sweepclean by sweeping concoctmake a concoction (of) by mixing combine, compoundcombine so as to form a whole; mix blend, immingle, intermingle, intermixcombine into one jumble, scramble, throw togetherbring into random order lube, lubricateapply a lubricant to burden, burthen, weight, weight downweight down with a load surchargefill to an excessive degree freightload with goods for transportation lade, laden, load, load upfill or place a load on charge, loadprovide (a device) with something necessary put to sleephelp someone go to bed wreathedecorate or deck with wreaths beset, encrust, incrustdecorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) untwineundo what has been twined together unweaveundo strands that have been woven together braiddecorate with braids or ribbons wind, wind upcoil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem circle, encircleform a circle around deluge, flood, inundate, swampfill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid do the dishes, wash upwash dishes pipe-claywhiten or clean with pipe-clay scavengeclean refuse from splashsoil or stain with a splashed liquid mire, muck, muck up, mudsoil with mud, muck, or mire crocksoil with or as with crock dry cleanclean with chemical agents launder, washcleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water blemish, spotmar or impair with a flaw wear away, whittle away, whittle downcut away in small pieces bang up, smash, smash updamage or destroy as if by violence delineate, describe, draw, line, tracemake a mark or lines on a surface turnshape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel gutempty completely; destroy the inside of post, stakemark with a stake combstraighten with a comb bond, bring together, draw togetherbring together in a common cause or emotion phase outterminate gradually disincarnatemake immaterial; remove the real essence of broider, embroiderdecorate with needlework stickcover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface illustratesupply with illustrations process, work, work onshape, form, or improve a material garlandadorn with bands of flowers or leaves fledge, flightdecorate with feathers bespangle, spangledecorate with spangles foliatedecorate with leaves flagdecorate with flags bard, barde, caparison, dress upput a caparison on beaddecorate by sewing beads onto pipetrim with piping appliquesew on as a decoration gild the lily, paint the lilyadorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful) vermiculatedecorate with wavy or winding lines smockembellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally hangdecorate or furnish with something suspended prankdress or decorate showily or gaudily tinseladorn with tinsel tart updecorate in a cheap and flashy way stuccodecorate with stucco work redecorateredo the decoration of an apartment or house paneldecorate with panels bejewel, jeweladorn or decorate with precious stones filet, filletdecorate with a lace of geometric designs scallopdecorate an edge with scallops bedizendecorate tastelessly dress shipdecorate a ship with flags dress, garnish, trimdecorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods trimdecorate, as with ornaments bedeck, bedight, deckdecorate festoondecorate with strings of flowers enamelcoat, inlay, or surface with enamel inlaydecorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal lacquercoat with lacquer begild, engild, gilddecorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold illuminateadd embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts) blazon, emblazondecorate with heraldic arms blotch, mottle, streakmark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained color, colour, emblazondecorate with colors crop, cultivate, workprepare for crops fringeadorn with a fringe fretdecorate with an interlaced design landscapeembellish with plants effacemake inconspicuous brace, poiseprepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult drift apart, drift awaylose personal contact over time weandetach the affections of packfill to capacity subjectcause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to solarise, solarizereverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it benumb, blunt, dull, numbmake numb or insensitive bedaze, daze, stunovercome as with astonishment or disbelief besot, stupefymake dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation underdevelopprocess (a film or photographic plate) less than the required time or in an ineffective solution or at an insufficiently high temperature redevelopdevelop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print dim, dipswitch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam abacinateblind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes deaf, deafenmake or render deaf hush, pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quietenbecome quiet or quieter loudenbecome louder softenmake (images or sounds) soft or softer sharpenmake (images or sounds) sharp or sharper dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweetenmake sweeter in taste bittermake bitter acetify, acidify, acidulate, sourmake sour or more sour kiteincrease the amount (of a check) fraudulently reducesimplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another truncatereplace a corner by a plane factorbe a contributing factor instill, transfuseimpart gradually tinselimpart a cheap brightness to retoolprovide (a workshop or factory) with new tools throw inadd as an extra or as a gratuity subrogatesubstitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured educategive an education to closefinish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.) decontrolrelax or remove controls of empower, endow, endue, gift, indue, investgive qualities or abilities to bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, troubleto cause inconvenience or discomfort to brandburn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals over-correct, overcompensatemake excessive corrections for fear of making an error aby, abye, atone, expiatemake amends for co-optneutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group act upon, influence, workhave and exert influence or effect redeemrestore the honor or worth of check, condition, discipline, traindevelop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control infectcorrupt with ideas or an ideology lead astray, lead offteach immoral behavior to poisonspoil as if by poison bastardise, bastardizechange something so that its value declines; for example, art forms subornincite to commit a crime or an evil deed slam-dunkmake a forceful move against douse, dowsewet thoroughly leaveact or be so as to become in a specified state shade, shade off, shadowcast a shadow over cloud, overcastmake overcast or cloudy 2v make less severe or harsh or extreme please modify this letter to make it more polite he modified his views on same-gender marriage Hypo|Hyper optimise, optimize modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost attempermodify the temperature of syncopatemodify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat updatemodernize or bring up to date updatebring to the latest state of technology hop up, hot up, soup upmake more powerful creamadd cream to one's coffee, for example qualify, restrictmake more specific corrupt, spoilalter from the original harden, temperharden by reheating and cooling in oil specialise, specializesuit to a special purpose bufferadd a buffer (a solution) inflectchange the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language buffer, cushion, softenprotect from impact adulterate, debase, dilute, load, stretchcorrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones compareto form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb declineinflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives" conjugateadd inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc. pluralise, pluralizemark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 3v add a modifier to a constituent Syn|Hyper qualify add make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of |
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