'Vary' definitions:
Definition of 'vary'
(from WordNet)
verb
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" [syn: change, alter, vary]
verb
verb
Be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"
verb
Definition of 'Vary'
From: GCIDE
- Vary \Va"ry\, n. Alteration; change. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vary'
From: GCIDE
- Vary \Va"ry\, v. i.
- 1. To alter, or be altered, in any manner; to suffer a partial change; to become different; to be modified; as, colors vary in different lights. [1913 Webster]
- That each from other differs, first confess; Next, that he varies from himself no less. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of England. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another. [1913 Webster]
- While fear and anger, with alternate grace, Pant in her breast, and vary in her face. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To deviate; to depart; to swerve; -- followed by from; as, to vary from the law, or from reason. -- Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension; as, men vary in opinion. [1913 Webster]
- The rich jewel which we vary for. --Webster (1623). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vary'
From: GCIDE
- Vary \Va"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Varied; p. pr. & vb. n. Varying.] [OE. varien, F. varier, L. variare, fr. varius various. See Various, and cf. Variate.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties, proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions. [1913 Webster]
- Shall we vary our device at will, Even as new occasion appears? --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate. [1913 Webster]
- Gods, that never change their state, Vary oft their love and hate. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- We are to vary the customs according to the time and country where the scene of action lies. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversify; to variegate. [1913 Webster]
- God hath varied their inclinations. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- God hath here Varied his bounty so with new delights. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mus.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- agree to disagree,
- alter,
- alternate,
- ameliorate,
- analyze,
- anatomize,
- atomize,
- back and fill,
- be at cross-purposes,
- be changed,
- be converted into,
- be distinct,
- be distinguished,
- be renewed,
- bear off,
- bend,
- better,
- bottom out,
- branch off,
- break,
- break off,
- break up,
- camouflage,
- change,
- change the bearing,
- checker,
- chop,
- chop and change,
- chop logic,
- clash,
- clash with,
- collide,
- come about,
- come around,
- come round,
- conflict,
- conflict with,
- contradict,
- contrast with,
- convert,
- counter,
- curve,
- deform,
- degenerate,
- denature,
- depart,
- depart from,
- desynonymize,
- deteriorate,
- detour,
- deviate,
- deviate from,
- differ,
- difference,
- differentiate,
- digress,
- disaccord,
- disaccord with,
- disagree,
- disagree with,
- discord,
- discriminate,
- disequalize,
- disguise,
- disjoin,
- dissent,
- dissimilate,
- distinguish,
- disunify,
- dither,
- divagate,
- divaricate,
- divaricate from,
- diverge,
- diverge from,
- diversify,
- divide,
- ebb and flow,
- equivocate,
- extend,
- fit,
- flop,
- flounder,
- fluctuate,
- go,
- go through phases,
- haul around,
- heel,
- improve,
- individualize,
- individuate,
- intermit,
- jangle,
- jar,
- jar with,
- jibe,
- jostle,
- lack regularity,
- make a distinction,
- mark,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- meliorate,
- mismatch,
- mismate,
- mitigate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- mutate,
- negate,
- not accord with,
- not square with,
- object,
- oscillate,
- overthrow,
- part,
- particularize,
- pendulate,
- personalize,
- qualify,
- re-create,
- realign,
- rebuild,
- reconstruct,
- redesign,
- refashion,
- refine a distinction,
- refit,
- reform,
- relieve,
- remake,
- remodel,
- renew,
- reorganize,
- reshape,
- restructure,
- revamp,
- revive,
- ring changes,
- ring the changes,
- run,
- seesaw,
- segregate,
- separate,
- set apart,
- set off,
- sever,
- severalize,
- sheer,
- shift,
- shift the scene,
- shilly-shally,
- shuffle,
- shuffle the cards,
- specialize,
- split hairs,
- stagger,
- stand apart,
- stand over against,
- subvert,
- sway,
- swerve,
- swing,
- switch,
- tack,
- take a turn,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- tergiversate,
- totter,
- transform,
- trend,
- turn,
- turn aside,
- turn into,
- turn the corner,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tables,
- turn the tide,
- turn upside down,
- undergo a change,
- vacillate,
- variate,
- variegate,
- veer,
- warp,
- waver,
- wax and wane,
- wobble,
- work a change,
- worsen