develop in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   grow  develop  produce  get  acquire 
   
2. 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"
   develop  acquire  evolve 
   
3. 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"
   originate  arise  rise  develop  uprise  spring up  grow 
   
4. happen
   "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
   break  recrudesce  develop 
   
5. 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"
   build up  develop 
   
6. 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"
   develop 
   
7. 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"
   develop  make grow 
   
8. be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
   "The plot developed slowly";
   develop 
   
9. become technologically advanced
   "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
   modernize  modernise  develop 
   
10. 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"
    develop  grow 
    
11. expand in the form of a series
    "Develop the function in the following form"
    develop 
    
12. 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"
    develop 
    
13. create by training and teaching
    "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
    train  develop  prepare  educate 
    
14. elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
    "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
    explicate  formulate  develop 
    
15. move into a strategically more advantageous position
    "develop the rook"
    develop 
    
16. move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
    "Spassky developed quickly"
    develop 
    
17. superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
    develop 
    
18. work out
    "We have developed a new theory of evolution"
    evolve  germinate  develop 
    
19. 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"
    develop 
    
20. generate gradually
    "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
    develop 
    
21. make visible by means of chemical solutions
    "Please develop this roll of film for me"
    develop