varying

4 definitions found

varying - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Varying \Va"ry*ing\,
     a. & n. from Vary.
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     Varying hare (Zool.), any hare or rabbit which becomes
        white in winter, especially the common hare of the
        Northern United States and Canada.
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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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varying - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  varying
      adj 1: marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of
             roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable" [syn:
             varying, variable]

varying - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  90 Moby Thesaurus words for "varying":
     assorted, at odds, at variance, capricious, changeable, changing,
     choppy, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, departing, deviating,
     deviative, deviatory, different, differentiated, differing,
     disaccordant, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, discrete,
     discriminated, disjoined, disorderly, disparate, dissimilar,
     dissonant, distinct, distinguished, divaricate, divergent,
     diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, diversiform, erose,
     erratic, heterogeneous, impulsive, in disagreement, inaccordant,
     incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inconstant,
     inharmonious, irreconcilable, irregular, jagged, jerky, many,
     mercurial, motley, multifarious, mutable, nonconformist,
     nonstandard, nonuniform, pluralistic, poles apart, poles asunder,
     ragged, rough, separate, separated, several, spasmodic, sporadic,
     unconformable, unequable, unequal, uneven, unlike, unorthodox,
     unstable, unsteady, unsystematic, ununiform, variable, variant,
     varied, variegated, variform, various, wavering, widely apart,
     worlds apart