(n.) A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
usage: "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"
usage: "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"
Be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest.
usage: "The plot developed slowly";
Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment.
usage: "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"
Become technologically advanced.
usage: "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
usage: "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
Grow emotionally or mature.
usage: "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"
(v.i.) To become apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop.
(v.i.) To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year.
(v.t.) To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view.
(v.t.) To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power.
(v.t.) To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a flower; to develop the mind.