develop 
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v 1: make something new, such as a product or a mental or
artistic creation; "Her company developed a new kind of
building material that withstands all kinds of weather";
"They developed a new technique"
2: work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution" [syn:
evolve, germinate, develop]
3: gain through experience; "I acquired a strong aversion to
television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and
wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new
position"; "develop a passion for painting" [syn: develop,
acquire, evolve]
4: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and
attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed
abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body";
"Well-developed breasts" [syn: grow, develop, produce,
get, acquire]
5: come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious
movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up
from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short
story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" [syn: originate,
arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow]
6: change the use of and make available or usable; "develop
land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The
remote areas of the country were gradually built up" [syn:
build up, develop]
7: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop
the ideas in your thesis" [syn: explicate, formulate,
develop]
8: create by training and teaching; "The old master is training
world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the
future" [syn: train, develop, prepare, educate]
9: be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The
plot developed slowly";
10: grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of
evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive
environment; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The
country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo
develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a
long time"
11: become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are
now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is
modernizing rapidly" [syn: modernize, modernise,
develop]
12: cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its
natural development; "The perfect climate here develops the
grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple" [syn: develop,
make grow]
13: generate gradually; "We must develop more potential
customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
14: grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully
in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp,
the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old
adolescent behavior" [syn: develop, grow]
15: make visible by means of chemical solutions; "Please develop
this roll of film for me"
16: superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without
stretching, in geometry
17: move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous
positions; "Spassky developed quickly"
18: move into a strategically more advantageous position;
"develop the rook"
19: elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the
working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the
theme; "develop the melody and change the key"
20: happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political
movements recrudesce from time to time" [syn: break,
recrudesce, develop]
21: expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the
following form"
