change

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To cause to be different: change the spelling of a word.
2. v. To give a completely different form or appearance to; transform: changed the yard into a garden.
3. v. To give and receive reciprocally; interchange: change places.
4. v. To exchange for or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category: change one's name; a light that changes colors.
5. v. To lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; switch: change methods; change sides.
6. v. To transfer from (one conveyance) to another: change planes.
7. v. To give or receive the equivalent of (money) in lower denominations or in foreign currency.
8. v. To put a fresh covering on: change a bed; change the baby.
9. v. To become different or undergo alteration: He changed as he matured.
10. v. To undergo transformation or transition: The music changed to a slow waltz.
11. v. To go from one phase to another, as the moon or the seasons.
12. v. To make an exchange: If you prefer this seat, I'll change with you.
13. v. To transfer from one conveyance to another: She changed in Chicago on her way to the coast.
14. v. To put on other clothing: We changed for dinner.
15. v. To become deeper in tone: His voice began to change at age 13.
16. n. The act, process, or result of altering or modifying: a change in facial expression.
17. n. The replacing of one thing for another; substitution: a change of atmosphere; a change of ownership.
18. n. A transformation or transition from one state, condition, or phase to another: the change of seasons.
19. n. Something different; variety: ate early for a change.
20. n. A different or fresh set of clothing.
21. n. Money of smaller denomination given or received in exchange for money of higher denomination.
22. n. The balance of money returned when an amount given is more than what is due.
23. n. Coins: had change jingling in his pocket.
24. n. Music A pattern or order in which bells are rung.
25. n. Music In jazz, a change of harmony; a modulation.
26. n. A market or exchange where business is transacted.
27. change off To alternate with another person in performing a task.
28. change off To perform two tasks at once by alternating or a single task by alternate means.
29. idiom. change hands To pass from one owner to another.
30. idiom. change (one's) mind To reverse a previously held opinion or an earlier decision.
31. idiom. change (one's) tune To alter one's approach or attitude.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To substitute another thing or things for; shift; cause to be replaced by another: as, to change the clothes, or one suit of clothes for another; to change one's position.
2. Specifically To give or procure an equivalent for in smaller parts of like kind; make or get change for: said of money: as, to change a bank-note (that is, to give or receive coins or smaller notes in exchange for it).
3. To give and take reciprocally; barter; exchange.
4. To cause to turn or pass from one state to another; alter or make different; vary in external form or in essence: as, to change the color or shape of a thing; to change countenance.
5. To render acid or tainted; turn from a natural state of sweetness and purity: as, the wine is changed; thunder and lightning are said to change milk.
6. To be altered; undergo variation; be partially or wholly transformed: as, men sometimes change for the better, often for the worse.
7. To pass from one phase to another, as the moon: as, the moon will change on Friday.
8. To become acid or tainted, as milk.
9. n. Any variation or alteration in form, state, quality, or essence; a passing from one state or form to another: as, a change of countenance or of aspect; a change of habits or principles.
10. n. Specifically.
11. n. The passing from life to death; death.
12. n. In vocalics, the mutation of the male voice at puberty, whereby the soprano or alto of the boy is replaced by the tenor or bass of the man.
13. n. In harmony, a modulation or transition from one key or tonality to another.
14. n. Variation or variableness in general; the quality or condition of being unstable; instability; transition; alteration: as, all things are subject to change; change is the central fact of existence.
15. n. A passing from one thing to another in succession; the supplanting of one thing by another in succession: as, a change of seasons or of climate; a change of scene.
16. n. The beginning of a new monthly revolution; the passing from one phase to another: as, a change of the moon (see below).
17. n. Alteration in the order of a series; permutation; specifically, in bell-ringing, any arrangement or sequence of the bells of a peal other than the diatonic. See change-ringing.
18. n. Variety; novelty.
19. n. That which makes a variety or may be substituted for another: as, “thirty change of garments,”
20. n. Money of the lower denominations given in exchange for larger pieces.
21. n. The balance of money returned after deducting the price of a purchase from the sum tendered in payment.
22. n. A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions: in this sense an abbreviation of exchange, and often now written 'change.
23. n. Exchange: as, “maintained the change of words,”
24. n. A public house; a change-house.
25. n. A round in dancing.
26. n. In hunting, the mistaking of a stag met by chance for the one pursued.
27. To change, radically, one's views on any question.

Wiktionary

1. n. countable The process of becoming different.
2. n. uncountable Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
3. n. countable A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes
4. n. uncountable Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
5. n. countable A transfer between vehicles.
6. n. baseball A change-up pitch.
7. v. intransitive To become something different.
8. v. transitive, ergative To make something into something different.
9. v. transitive To replace.
10. v. intransitive To replace one's clothing.
11. v. intransitive To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
12. v. archaic To exchange.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another.
2. v. To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else.
3. v. To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; -- followed by with.
4. v. Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for.
5. v. To be altered; to undergo variation.
6. v. To pass from one phase to another.
7. n. Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another.
8. n. A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety.
9. n. A passing from one phase to another.
10. n. Alteration in the order of a series; permutation.
11. n. That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another.
12. n. Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due.
13. n. Colloq. for Exchange. A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions.
14. n. Scot. A public house; an alehouse.
15. n. (Mus.) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a difference that is usually pleasant
2. n. an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
3. v. undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
4. n. the action of changing something
5. n. the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due
6. v. exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
7. v. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
8. v. lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
9. n. coins of small denomination regarded collectively
10. v. remove or replace the coverings of
11. n. the result of alteration or modification
12. v. change clothes; put on different clothes
13. v. become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
14. v. give to, and receive from, one another
15. n. a thing that is different
16. v. change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
17. n. money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency
18. v. become deeper in tone
19. n. a different or fresh set of clothes
20. n. a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event