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alternate - do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift" |
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act,
move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
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spell take turns working; "the workers spell every four hours"
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alternate - exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions |
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exchange give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"
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rotate plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"
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alternate - go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions |
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jump |
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vary,
alter,
change make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"
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| adjektiv |
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alternate - serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan" |
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alternative,
substitute |
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secondary belonging to a lower class or rank
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alternate - of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired; "stems with alternate leaves" |
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paired,
opposite mated sexually
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phytology,
botany the branch of biology that studies plants
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