- neutering, fixing, altering - the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering"
--1 is a kind of sterilization, sterilisation
--1 has particulars: castration, emasculation; spaying
- change, alter, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun alteration2, noun alteration1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- change, alter, vary - make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- alter - make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun alteration2
They alter the cape
- interpolate, alter, falsify - insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
--4 is one way to edit, redact
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- alter, neuter, spay, castrate - remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
--5 is one way to sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody