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; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"
        [syn: {evolve}, {germinate}]
     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: {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}, {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"; "The
        remote areas of the country were gradually built up" [syn:
         {build up}]
     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: become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are
         now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is
         modernizing rapidly" [syn: {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; "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}]
     21: expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the
         following form"
Source: WordNet® 2.0