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| acculturate |
to modify (one culture) by contact with another culture. [1/3 definitions] |
| acoustic |
intended to modify or improve sound quality, as a building material. [1/3 definitions] |
| assimilate |
in phonetics, to modify (a sound) to make it resemble a linguistically adjacent sound. [1/8 definitions] |
| attributive |
in grammar, indicating an attribute, as adjectives and adverbs that immediately precede the words they modify. [1/3 definitions] |
| bowdlerize |
to omit or modify parts of (a book, play, or the like) that are considered immoral or indecent. |
| doctor |
to change or modify; tamper with. [1/6 definitions] |
| feedback |
in electronics, the return of part of the output of a device or system to the input, so as to reinforce or modify the input. [1/6 definitions] |
| glaze |
a transparent coating used to modify the tones of a painting or painted surface. [1/9 definitions] |
| hack1 |
to write or modify programs for computers, usually with advanced skill and for pleasure. [1/12 definitions] |
| indefinite article |
in English grammar, either of the articles "a" and "an," which do not restrict the nouns or noun equivalents that they modify, but serve to indicate the class to which such modified words belong. (Cf. definite article.) |
| interact |
to have an effect on or modify one another. [1/2 definitions] |
| modal auxiliary |
an auxiliary verb, such as "can," "may," "must," or "should," that is used to modify the meaning of a main verb by including such notions as necessity, possibility, certainty, capability, advisability, potential, and expectation. |
| Nicene council |
either of two church councils, one in the fourth century and one in the eighth century, that convened in Nicaea to establish or modify church doctrine. |
| objective complement |
in grammar, a word or word group used in the predicate of a sentence to modify the direct object, such as "a fool" in "I called her a fool". |
| pad1 |
a small pillow attached on the inside of clothing to modify its shape. [1/12 definitions] |
| plasticizer |
any of various substances added to plastics, paints, or the like to modify viscosity, flexibility, strength, or other characteristics. |
| pred. |
abbreviation of "predicate," in grammar, the part of a sentence that explains the action, effect, or condition of the subject, consisting of the verb and all the words that modify or are affected by the verb |
| predicate |
in grammar, the part of a sentence that explains the action, effect, or condition of the subject, consisting of the verb and all the words that modify or are affected by the verb. [1/7 definitions] |
| qualify |
to modify, esp. to limit by restating in more restricted terms. [2/8 definitions] |
| retrofit |
to modify design, construction, or equipment (of an aircraft, automobile, or the like) that is already in service in order to include later improvements. [1/2 definitions] |
| revise |
to change, alter, or modify. [1/3 definitions] |
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