Associations to the word «Altered»

Wiktionary

ALTERED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of alter
ALTERED, noun. A kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.

Dictionary definition

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.
ALTERED, adjective. Having testicles or ovaries removed.
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".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King