Word Finder - changing

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To become something different.

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The tadpole changed into a frog.   Stock prices are constantly changing.

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To make something into something else.

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The fairy changed the frog into a prince.   I had to change the wording of the ad so it would fit.

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To replace.

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Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb.   After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt.

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To replace one's clothing.

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You can't go into the dressing room while she's changing.   The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started.

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To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).

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It's your turn to change the baby.

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To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)

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To exchange.

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To change hand while riding (a horse).

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to change a horse

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Change; alteration.

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{{quote-book|en|author=George Fox|year=1654|title=epistle LXXVI|passage=And stand steadfast in the unchangeable life and seed of God, which was before changings and alterings were; and which will remain when they all are gone.

She cleaned up as much as possible without changing clothes.

Changing into her night gown, she decided to sleep on the love seat.

The politics are changing slowly.

There's no changing that fact.

He started changing his name as often as his shorts.

Lana hacked into the federal system, changing her own profile.

It was too late to get a non-stop flight so I have you going out of Allentown and changing planes in Baltimore.

Either he is retreating, which is the only thing we need fear, or he is changing his position.

It's always changing but it has great holding power.

When starting on a journey or changing their mode of life, men capable of reflection are generally in a serious frame of mind.

Prince Andrew, seeing that his father insisted, began--at first reluctantly, but gradually with more and more animation, and from habit changing unconsciously from Russian to French as he went on--to explain the plan of operation for the coming campaign.

Setting Destiny back on the changing table again, Carmen pushed a shoe back on her foot and tickled her under the arm.

Dean asked, changing the sub­ject.

I figured they were left by some tourists changing a tire or something.

He didn't have the foggiest idea anyone was looking until after he spoke with Mrs. Glass—around Rollins, Kansas, and yet he keeps changing names, not leaving his signature and not even being seen unless he can't help it.

There was nothing unusual about Alex riding Ed to unwind after a trip, but this was the first time he had done so without changing his clothes.

He didn't steal the money—he found it—and aside from some name changing, it would be hell to prove he defrauded anyone.

The weather is supposed to be changing this weekend anyway.

In any case, as the song says, The times, they are a-changin'—and they are changing in a manner that governments probably can't keep up with.

Add to that how food itself is changing, our food choices change, our lifestyles change, and all along the way we are aging.

I'm not changing my mind.

Changing that, then, was the only thing that lay between her and her love.

Carmen pitched the disposable diaper in the trash and hefted Destiny from the changing table.

With a curse, he rose and ran to the courtyard, changing into his demon bird.

It looked as if the Deans might have more time to themselves, even if Janet's absence meant they'd spend their leisure changing sheets and cleaning toilets.

Weller asked, changing the subject.

I could always call in Arthur for you, if you're changing your persuasion.

And when will all this end? thought Rostov, looking at the changing shadows before him.

She'd never in her life wanted a tattoo, but to have some blood-sucking, shape changing, ill-tempered, inhuman beast's name on her neck was infuriating!

The muscles of his upper body bulged as he sparred, their changing shapes amplified by a play of shade and sunlight.

Sarah felt their relationship changing.

God, I thought I was so damn smart, changing names, changing vehicles and some old guy and a small town detective find me like I've got a sign around my neck.

Carmen took her time changing.

Oh, about how my life is changing.

My treasure! and Prokofy, trembling with excitement, rushed toward the drawing-room door, probably in order to announce him, but, changing his mind, came back and stooped to kiss the young man's shoulder.

Her glittering eyes, filled with childlike fear and excitement, rested on him without changing their expression.

Without changing his careless attitude, Pierre looked at them over his spectacles unable to understand what they wanted or how they could go on living without having solved the problems that so absorbed him.

All the plans Pierre had attempted on his estates--and constantly changing from one thing to another had never accomplished--were carried out by Prince Andrew without display and without perceptible difficulty.

We'll gag her! and, changing his position, set his foot on the wolf's neck.

They insisted on the retention of the camp at Drissa, according to Pfuel's plan, but on changing the movements of the other armies.

With the natural capacity of an Italian for changing the expression of his face at will, he drew nearer to the portrait and assumed a look of pensive tenderness.

The next thing she knew, Alex was shaking her awake and telling her they were changing planes.

The house wasn't the only thing changing, though.

The perpetrator proved to be a thirteen year old girl, scarcely known to the victim, jealous of an older boy's changing affections.

Our chore held the aura of planning a vacation, not making a life changing decision.

I've respected your privacy; saw it as a good thing, but the situation is changing.

It was a sure sign he was forgiven for his irreverent try at changing the age-old ritual of greeting card purchasing.

After changing his sheets and throwing the soiled ones into the washer, she left the house.

Jenn brushed flakes from her jacket and sat, changing boots.

Had it actually been six months ago that things had begun changing so dramatically?