 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
varying
adjective: marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of
roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable" [syn: {variable}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vary \Va"ry\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Varied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Varying}.] [OE. varien, F. varier, L. variare, fr. varius
various. See {Various}, and cf. {Variate}.]
1. To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance,
substance, position, or the like; to make different by a
partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties,
proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an
attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions.
Shall we vary our device at will,
Even as new occasion appears? --Spenser.
2. To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to
alternate.
Gods, that never change their state,
Vary oft their love and hate. --Waller.
We are to vary the customs according to the time and
country where the scene of action lies. --Dryden.
3. To make of different kinds; to make different from one
another; to diversity; to variegate.
God hath varied their inclinations. --Sir T.
Browne.
God hath here
Varied his bounty so with new delights. --Milton.
4. (Mus.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present
under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See
{Variation}, 4.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Varying \Va"ry*ing\,
a. & n. from {Vary}.
{Varying hare} (Zo["o]l.), any hare or rabbit which becomes
white in winter, especially the common hare of the
Northern United States and Canada.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "varying":
assorted, at odds, at variance, capricious, changeable, changing,
choppy, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, departing, deviating,
deviative, deviatory, different, differentiated, differing,
disaccordant, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, discrete,
discriminated, disjoined, disorderly, disparate, dissimilar,
dissonant, distinct, distinguished, divaricate, divergent,
diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, diversiform, erose,
erratic, heterogeneous, impulsive, in disagreement, inaccordant,
incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inconstant,
inharmonious, irreconcilable, irregular, jagged, jerky, many,
mercurial, motley, multifarious, mutable, nonconformist,
nonstandard, nonuniform, pluralistic, poles apart, poles asunder,
ragged, rough, separate, separated, several, spasmodic, sporadic,
unconformable, unequable, unequal, uneven, unlike, unorthodox,
unstable, unsteady, unsystematic, ununiform, variable, variant,
varied, variegated, variform, various, wavering, widely apart,
worlds apart
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