develop (
http://definr.com/develop)
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; as of a theory or an idea; "We have developed a
new theory of evolution" [syn:
evolve]
3: acquire or build up traits or characteristics: "Children
must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed
leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a
passion for painting" [syn:
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,
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,
uprise,
spring up,
grow]
6: change the use of and make available or usable; "develop
land"; "The country developed its natural resources"
7: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop
the ideas in your thesis" [syn:
explicate,
formulate]
8: create by training and teaching; "The old master is training
world-class violinists; "we develop the leaders for the
future" [syn:
train,
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: make a country technologically advanced; "Many countries in
Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam
is modernizing rapidly" [syn:
civilize,
civilise,
modernize,
modernise]
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: {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:
grow]
15: make visible by means of chemical solutions; of photographic
film; "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 chess pieces into strategically more advantageous
positions; "Spassky developed quickly"
18: move into a strategically more advantageous position, of a
chess piece; "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, as of an event; "Report the news as it develops";
"These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
[syn:
break,
recrudesce]
21: expand in the form of a series, in mathematics; "Develop the
function in the following form"