change

1. (intransitive) To become something different.Examples: "The tadpole changed into a frog."; "Stock prices are constantly changing."intransitive

2. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.Examples: "Lo I the man, whoſe Muſe whilome did maske, As time her taught in lowly Shepheards weeds, Am now enforſt a far unfitter taske, For trumpets ſterne to chaunge mine oaten reeds, And ſinge of Knights and Ladies gentle deeds[…]"; "KORRIS: They shunned you. Cursed you. Called you vile names, and you knew not why. Even now do you know why you are driven? Why you cannot relent—or repent—or confess—or abstain? How could you know? There have been no other Klingons to lead you to that knowledge. WORF: Yes—yes—those feelings are still a part of me, but I control them. They do not rule me. KORRIS: Yes, to fit in, the humans demand you change the one thing that you cannot change. But because you cannot—you do. That too is the mark of the warrior."; "Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything."Synonyms: transformergativetransitive

3. (transitive) To replace.Examples: "Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb."; "After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt."; "Towards the end of the nineteenth century, boys who had pretended soldiers down through the centuries, now changed their pikes and swords for toy pistols."transitive

4. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.Examples: "You can't go into the dressing room while she’s changing."; "The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started."intransitive

5. (transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).Examples: "It’s your turn to change the baby."transitive

6. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)Examples: "After stopping at these stations, my train has become busy. Returning day-trippers make up a goodly number, along with young people heading for a night out in Bristol, which is where I change once again."intransitive