Definition of Altering

Noun: altering  ol-tu-ring [N. Amer], ól-tu-ring or ol-tu-ring [Brit]

1. The sterilization of an animal
   - neutering, fixing

Verb: alter  ol-tu(r) [N. Amer], ol-tu(r) or ól-tu(r) [Brit]

1. Make different; cause a transformation
   "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city";
   - change, modify
    
2. Become different in some particular way
   "her mood alters in accordance with the weather";
   - change, vary
    
3. Make an alteration to
   "This dress needs to be altered"
    
4. Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
   - interpolate, falsify
    
5. Remove the ovaries of
   "Is your cat altered?";
   - neuter, spay, castrate

See also:
alterers
alterities

Anagrams containing the word altering

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