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change state (enc)

Change State

Verb1.change state - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
come alive, awake, awaken, arouse, wake, wake up, waken - stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
zonk out, pass out, black out - lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
resuscitate, come to, revive - return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"
tense up, tense - become tense or tenser; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"
relax, decompress, unwind, loosen up, slow down, unbend - become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"
gain, put on - increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"
apparel, clothe, enclothe, garb, garment, raiment, tog, habilitate, fit out, dress - provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"
cross-fertilise, cross-fertilize - undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile
conceive - become pregnant; undergo conception; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"
change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
grow, turn - pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
secularise, secularize - make secular and draw away from a religious orientation; "Ataturk secularized Turkey"
citrate - cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid
equilibrate - bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium
fall - pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"
become, get, go - enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"
decline, worsen - grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"
ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better - get better; "The weather improved toward evening"
disengage - become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage"
overgrow - become overgrown; "The patio overgrew with ivy"
concentrate - make (the solvent of a solution) dense or denser
break - of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"
acetify, acidify - turn acidic; "the solution acetified"
alkalify, alkalise, alkalize, basify - turn basic and less acidic; "the solution alkalized"
ionise, ionize - convert into ions
ossify - become bony; "The tissue ossified"
catalyse, catalyze - change by catalysis or cause to catalyze
get worse, relapse - deteriorate in health; "he relapsed"
fluctuate - be unstable; have ups and downs; "The stock market fluctuates"
break loose, burst forth, explode - be unleashed; burst forth with violence or noise; "His anger exploded"
decease, die, pass away, perish, expire, exit, go, pass - pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"
be born - come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm"
cloud over - become overcast; "the sky clouded over"
carbonise, carbonize - turn into carbon, as by burning; "carbonize coal"

 

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