altering

Definitions

The act of changing or modifying something in character, appearance, or structure.

The process of adjusting a garment to improve its fit.

Examples

The heavy rain is altering the landscape by carving deep channels into the hillside.

She spent the entire afternoon altering her dress to ensure a perfect fit for the gala.

Synonyms

changing modifying adjusting varying adapting transforming revising

Antonyms

maintaining preserving stabilizing fixing keeping conserving sustaining