develop
v 1: make something new and usually improved, such as a
product;"Her company developed a new kind of building
material that withstands all kinds of weather"
2: work out; as of a theory or an idea; "We have developed a
new theory of evolution" [syn: {evolve}]
3: gradually acquire new traits or characteristics: "Children
must develop a sense of right and wrong" [syn: {evolve}]
4: come to have, of physical features and attributes; "He grew
a beard"; The patient developed abdominal pains"; I got
funny spots all over my body" [syn: {grow}, {produce}, {get},
{acquire}]
5: come into existence or develop: "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" [syn: {originate}, {arise}, {rise}, {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: prepare for a future task or career; "I am training young
minds"; "develop leaders" [syn: {train}, {prepare}, {educate}]
9: be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The
plot developed slowly"; "It develops thay neither one
knows the answer"
10: grow, progress, unfold, or evolve gradually through a
process of evolution, natural growth, or differentiation;
"A flower developed on the branch"; "The country
developed into a mighty superpower"
11: disclose or reveal (obsolete); "We must develop the enemy
soldiers"
12: make a country technologically advanced; "Many countries in
Asia are now highly developed"; "Viet Nam is modernizing
rapidly" [syn: {civilize}, {modernize}]
13: 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}]
14: generate gradually; "We must develop more potential
customers"
15: grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully
in her new kindergarten" [syn: {grow}]
16: make visible by means of chemical solutions; of photographic
film; "Please develop this roll of film for me"
17: superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without
stretching, in geometry
18: move one's chess pieces into strategically more advantageous
positions; "Spassky developed quickly"
19: move into a strategically more advantageous position, of a
chess piece; "develop the rook"
20: elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the
working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the
theme
21: happen, as of an event; "Report the news as it develops"
[syn: {break}]
22: expand a function or expression in the form of a series, in
mathematics