DEVELOP

Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation

Example: "Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather"

Work out

Example: "We have developed a new theory of evolution"

Gain through experience

Example: "I acquired a strong aversion to television"

Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

Example: "He grew a beard"

Come into existence; take on form or shape

Example: "A new religious movement originated in that country"

Change the use of and make available or usable

Example: "Develop land"

Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

Example: "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"

Create by training and teaching

Example: "The old master is training world-class violinists"

Be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest

Example: "The plot developed slowly"

Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment

Example: "A flower developed on the branch"

Become technologically advanced

Example: "Many countries in asia are now developing at a very fast pace"

Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development

Example: "The perfect climate here develops the grain"

Generate gradually

Example: "We must develop more potential customers"

Grow emotionally or mature

Example: "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"

Make visible by means of chemical solutions

Example: "Please develop this roll of film for me"

Superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry

Move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions

Example: "Spassky developed quickly"

Move into a strategically more advantageous position

Example: "Develop the rook"

Elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme

Example: "Develop the melody and change the key"

Happen

Example: "Report the news as it develops"

Expand in the form of a series

Example: "Develop the function in the following form"