Developing Definition & Meaning

developing
adjective
  1. relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply
noun
  1. processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"

"Developing" in song lyrics

See how developing is used in real songs:

  • "Sparks fly when men die from the warfare that's developing"
    Bronze Nazareth f/ Kevlaar 7 — Northern Battalion
  • "By the way troop -- oops, I feel a new style developing"
    Das EFX — Gimme Dat Microphone
  • "Old thoughts of black and white pictures, now they developing"
    U-God f/ Raekwon, Slaine, Y-Not Da Beast — Coke

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