altered
(adjective) changed in form or character without becoming something else; “the altered policy promised success”; “following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization”; “he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing”- Charles Dickens
adapted, altered
(adjective) changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose; “seeds precisely adapted to the area”; “instructions altered to suit the children’s different ages”
altered, neutered
(adjective) having testicles or ovaries removed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
altered
simple past tense and past participle of alter
altered (plural altereds)
A kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.
altered (not comparable)
Having been changed from an original form.
(of an animal, usually a pet) Neutered; having had testicles or uterus and ovaries removed to prevent procreation.
• Aldrete, alerted, redealt, related, treadle
Source: Wiktionary
Al"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Altered; p. pr. & vb. n. Altering.] Etym: [F. altérer, LL. alterare, fr. L. alter other, alius other. Cf. Else, Other.]
1. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify. "To alter the king's course." "To alter the condition of a man." "No power in Venice can alter a decree." Shak. It gilds all objects, but it alters none. Pope. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Ps. lxxxix. 34.
2. To agitate; to affect mentally. [Obs.] Milton.
3. To geld. [Colloq.]
Syn.
– Change, Alter. Change is generic and the stronger term. It may express a loss of identity, or the substitution of one thing in place of another; alter commonly expresses a partial change, or a change in form or details without destroying identity.
Al"ter, v. i.
Definition: To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure. "The law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not." Dan. vi. 8.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 February 2025
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
