To make or become different

• vary

  1. To undergo or show change:
  2. To deviate from a standard or expectation:
  3. To have a range of different qualities or amounts:

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• turn

  1. To cause to move around an axis or center; cause to rotate or revolve:
  2. To cause to move around in order to achieve a result, such as opening, closing, tightening, or loosening:
  3. To alter or control the functioning of (a mechanical device, for example) by the use of a rotating or similar movement:

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• mutate

  1. To undergo or cause to undergo mutation.

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• modify

  1. To change in form or character; alter.
  2. To make less extreme, severe, or strong:
  3. To qualify or limit the meaning of. For example, summer modifies day in the phrase a summer day.

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• change

  1. To cause to be different:
  2. To give a completely different form or appearance to; transform:
  3. To give and receive reciprocally; interchange:

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To render incapable of reproducing sexually

• unsex

  1. To deprive of sexual capacity or sexual attributes.
  2. To castrate.

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• sterilize

  1. To make free from live bacteria or other microorganisms.
  2. To eliminate the ability of a person or animal to produce offspring, as by altering or removing the reproductive organs.
  3. To make incapable of bearing fruit or germinating.

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• spay

  1. To remove surgically the ovaries of (an animal).

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• neuter

  1. Neither masculine nor feminine in gender.
  2. Neither active nor passive; intransitive. Used of verbs.
  3. Having undeveloped or nonfunctional sexual organs:

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• geld

  1. To castrate (a horse, for example).
  2. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.

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• fix

  1. To correct or set right; adjust:
  2. To restore to proper condition or working order; repair:
  3. To make ready for a specific purpose, as by altering or combining elements; prepare:

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• castrate

  1. To remove the testicles of (a male); geld or emasculate.
  2. To remove the ovaries of (a female); spay.
  3. To deprive of virility or spirit; emasculate.

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To change for a purpose

• reconstruct

  1. To construct again; rebuild.
  2. To assemble or build again mentally; re-create:
  3. To deduce the form and properties of (a protolanguage or an unattested word) based on evidence from attested languages, such as cognate words.

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• remodel

  1. To make over in structure or style; reconstruct.
  2. To maintain (bone tissue) in dynamic equilibrium through the resorption and deposition of bone at a given site.

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• adjust

  1. To move or change (something) so as to be in a more effective arrangement or desired condition:
  2. To change so as to be suitable to or conform with something else:
  3. In chiropractic medicine, to manipulate (the spine and other body structures) to treat disorders and restore normal function of the nervous system.

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• modify

  1. To change in form or character; alter.
  2. To make less extreme, severe, or strong:
  3. To qualify or limit the meaning of. For example, summer modifies day in the phrase a summer day.

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To castrate or spay

• fix

  1. To correct or set right; adjust:
  2. To restore to proper condition or working order; repair:
  3. To make ready for a specific purpose, as by altering or combining elements; prepare:

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• mutilate

  1. To injure severely or disfigure, especially by cutting off tissue or body parts.
  2. To damage or mar (an object):

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• caponize

  1. to castrate a cockerel in order to fatten it for table use

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• emasculate

  1. To castrate.
  2. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.
  3. Deprived of virility, strength, or vigor.

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• asexualize

  1. To make asexual.

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• sterilize

  1. To make free from live bacteria or other microorganisms.
  2. To eliminate the ability of a person or animal to produce offspring, as by altering or removing the reproductive organs.
  3. To make incapable of bearing fruit or germinating.

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• geld

  1. To castrate (a horse, for example).
  2. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.

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• desex

  1. To remove part or all of the reproductive organs of; neuter.

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• neuter

  1. Neither masculine nor feminine in gender.
  2. Neither active nor passive; intransitive. Used of verbs.
  3. Having undeveloped or nonfunctional sexual organs:

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• spay

  1. To remove surgically the ovaries of (an animal).

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• castrate

  1. To remove the testicles of (a male); geld or emasculate.
  2. To remove the ovaries of (a female); spay.
  3. To deprive of virility or spirit; emasculate.

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To become different

• decay

  1. To break down into component parts; rot.
  2. To disintegrate in a process of radioactive decay or particle decay.
  3. To decrease gradually in magnitude. Used of voltage or current.

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• develop

  1. To bring from latency to or toward fulfillment:
  2. To expand or enlarge:
  3. To aid in the growth of; strengthen:

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• change

  1. To cause to be different:
  2. To give a completely different form or appearance to; transform:
  3. To give and receive reciprocally; interchange:

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