varied

4 definitions found

varied - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Varied \Va"ried\, a.
     Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a varied
     experience; varied interests; varied scenery. --
     Va"ried*ly, adv.
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           The varied fields of science, ever new.  --Cowper.
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  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.]
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     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.
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              Shall we vary our device at will,
              Even as new occasion appears?         --Spenser.
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     2. To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to
        alternate.
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              Gods, that never change their state,
              Vary oft their love and hate.         --Waller.
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              We are to vary the customs according to the time and
              country where the scene of action lies. --Dryden.
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     3. To make of different kinds; to make different from one
        another; to diversify; to variegate.
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              God hath varied their inclinations.   --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
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              God hath here
              Varied his bounty so with new delights. --Milton.
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     4. (Mus.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present
        under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See
        Variation, 4.
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varied - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  varied
      adj 1: characterized by variety; "immigrants' varied ethnic and
             religious traditions"; "his work is interesting and
             varied" [ant: unvaried, unvarying]
      2: widely different; "varied motives prompt people to join a
         political party"; "varied ethnic traditions of the
         immigrants" [syn: varied, wide-ranging]
      3: broken away from sameness or identity or duplication; "her
         quickly varied answers indicated uncertainty"

varied - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  92 Moby Thesaurus words for "varied":
     amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, assorted, at odds,
     at variance, blended, combined, complex, composite, compound,
     compounded, conglomerate, contrary, contrasted, contrasting,
     dappled, departing, deviating, deviative, different,
     differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeing, discordant,
     discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disjoined, disparate,
     dissimilar, dissonant, distinct, distinguished, divergent,
     diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, eclectic, equivocal,
     fifty-fifty, half-and-half, heterogeneous, in disagreement,
     inaccordant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant,
     indiscriminate, inharmonious, intricate, ironic, irreconcilable,
     jumbled, many, many and various, many-sided, medley, mingled,
     miscellaneous, mixed, motley, multifaceted, multifarious,
     multinational, multiracial, of all sorts, patchy, pluralistic,
     poles apart, poles asunder, promiscuous, scrambled, separate,
     separated, several, sundry, syncretic, thrown together,
     unconformable, unequal, unlike, variant, variegated, various,
     varying, widely apart, worlds apart