Verb

To change with a specific direction, progress.

(ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.

* Owen

All insects acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed .

To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.

* Jowett (Thucyd)

We must develop our own resources to the utmost.

To create.

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To bring out images latent in photographic film.

To acquire something usually over a period of time.

(chess) To place one's pieces actively.

(snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.

(math) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.

Verb

(en verb)

To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.

My trousers have a big rip in them and need mending .

When your car breaks down, you can take it to the garage to have it mended .

To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.

Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist.

My broken heart was mended .

* Sir W. Temple

The best service they could do the state was to mend the lives of the persons who composed it.

To help, to advance, to further; to add to.

* Mortimer

Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit.

* Shakespeare

You mend the jewel by wearing it.

To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.