develop
develop is a valid 7-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
What does develop mean?
Create by training and teaching.
“we develop the leaders for the future”
Become technologically advanced.
“Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace”
Grow emotionally or mature.
“The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten”
Be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest.
“The plot developed slowly”
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”
Expand in the form of a series.
Generate gradually.
“We must develop more potential customers”
“develop a market for the new mobile phone”
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”
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”
Make visible by means of chemical solutions.
“Please develop this roll of film for me”
Move into a strategically more advantageous position.
“develop the rook”
Work out.
“We have developed a new theory of evolution”
Move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions.
“Spassky developed quickly”
Superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry.
Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).
“The patient developed abdominal pains”
“Well-developed breasts”
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”
Gain through experience.
“Children must develop a sense of right and wrong”
“Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position”
Change the use of and make available or usable.
“develop land”
“The country developed its natural resources”
Come into existence; take on form or shape.
Happen.
“Report the news as it develops”
Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses.
“Could you develop the ideas in your thesis”