alternate, jump - go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

crackle - to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"

modulate - vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)

avianise, avianize - to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo

move - go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"

adapt, accommodate - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"

widen, let out - make (clothes) larger; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight"

take in - make (clothes) smaller; "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"

branch out, broaden, diversify - vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified"

diversify, radiate - spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified"

specialize, narrow, narrow down, specialise - become more special; "We specialize in dried flowers"

honeycomb - make full of cavities, like a honeycomb

break - vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas"

aberrate - diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration; "The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens"

aberrate - diverge from the expected; "The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman"

belie, contradict, negate - be in contradiction with

differ - be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect"

drift - vary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are drifting higher"

differ - be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect"

diversify - make (more) diverse; "diversify a course of study"

checker, chequer - variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns