commutate | (verb) reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current | - |
---|
commute | (verb) change the order or arrangement of | Synonyms: permute, transpose |
---|
(verb) exchange a penalty for a less severe one | Synonyms: convert, exchange |
(verb) exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category | Synonyms: change, convert, exchange |
(verb) exchange positions without a change in value | Synonyms: transpose |
(verb) travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home | - |
mutate | (verb) undergo mutation | - |
---|
mute | (verb) deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping | Synonyms: damp, dampen, dull, muffle, tone down |
---|
mutilate | (verb) destroy or injure severely | Synonyms: mar |
---|
(verb) damage or injure severely | Synonyms: cut up, mangle |
(verb) alter so as to make unrecognizable | Synonyms: mangle, murder |
mutiny | (verb) engage in a mutiny against an authority | - |
---|
mutter | (verb) make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath | Synonyms: croak, gnarl, grumble, murmur |
---|
(verb) talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice | Synonyms: maunder, mumble, mussitate |
permute | (verb) change the order or arrangement of | Synonyms: commute, transpose |
---|
smut | (verb) affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn | - |
---|
(verb) stain with a dirty substance, such as soot | - |
(verb) become affected with smut | - |
(verb) make obscene | - |
smutch | (verb) make a smudge on; soil by smudging | Synonyms: blur, smear, smudge |
---|
transmute | (verb) change in outward structure or looks | Synonyms: metamorphose, transform |
---|
(verb) alter the nature of (elements) | - |
(verb) change or alter in form, appearance, or nature | Synonyms: transform, transubstantiate |