'Changing' definitions:
Definition of 'changing'
From: WordNet
adjective
Marked by continuous change or effective action [syn: changing, ever-changing]
Definition of 'Changing'
From: GCIDE
- Change \Change\ (ch[=a]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Changed (ch[=a]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Changing.] [F. changer, fr. LL. cambiare, to exchange, barter, L. cambire. Cf. Cambial.]
- 1. To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance. [1913 Webster]
- Therefore will I change their glory into shame. --Hosea. iv. 7. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation; to change one's intention. [1913 Webster]
- They that do change old love for new, Pray gods, they change for worse! --Peele. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; -- followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another. [1913 Webster]
- Look upon those thousands with whom thou wouldst not, for any interest, change thy fortune and condition. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a gold coin or a bank bill. [1913 Webster]
- He pulled out a thirty-pound note and bid me change it. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- To change a horse, or To change hand (Man.), to turn or bear the horse's head from one hand to the other, from the left to right, or from the right to the left.
- To change hands, to change owners.
- To change one's tune, to become less confident or boastful. [Colloq.]
- To change step, to take a break in the regular succession of steps, in marching or walking, as by bringing the hollow of one foot against the heel of the other, and then stepping off with the foot which is in advance.
- Syn: To alter; vary; deviate; substitute; innovate; diversify; shift; veer; turn. See Alter. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Changing'
- 'change,
- Change,
- Changed,
- Changeful,
- Changefully,
- Changefulness,
- chang,
- change over,
- Change gear,
- Change key,
- Change of life,
- Change ringing,
- Change wheel,
- To change a horse or To change hand,
- To change hand,
- To change hands,
- To change step,
- To ring the changes on,
- chang jiang,
- chang kuo,
- change by reversal,
- change course,
- change form,
- change hands,
- change integrity,
- change intensity,
- change magnitude,
- change of color,
- change of course,
- change of direction,
- change of heart,
- change of integrity,
- change of location,
- change of magnitude,
- change of mind,
- change of shape,
- change of state,
- change owners,
- change posture,
- change shape,
- change state,
- change surface,
- change taste,
- change-up,
- changes of raiment,
- chemical change,
- chump change,
- climate change,
- oil change,
- phase change,
- physical change,
- pitching change,
- policy change,
- sea change,
- sex change,
- small change,
- state change,
- temperature change,
- To change one's tune,
- To ring the changes upon,
- bureau de change,
- change-of-pace,
- change-ringing,
- ever-changing,
- global climate change,
- nan-chang,
- quick-change,
- short-change,
- chang kuo-lao,
- change-of-pace ball,
- change-speed gear,
- sex-change operation