S: (n) improvement (the act of improving something) "their improvements increased the value of the property"
S: (n) change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)
S: (n) change (the action of changing something) "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
S: (n) action (something done (usually as opposed to something said)) "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
S: (v) cut (separate with or as if with an instrument) "Cut the rope"
S: (v) separate, disunite, divide, part (force, take, or pull apart) "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
S: (v) move, displace (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense) "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"