Nouns (0)
Verbs (7)
breed
v. have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"
combine by multiplication
v. combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15"
reproduce, procreate
v. have offspring or young; "The deer in our neighborhood reproduce madly"; "The Catholic Church tells people to procreate, no matter what their economic situation may be"
manifold, combine by multiplication, increase by multiplication
v. combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits"
Adverbs (1)
multiply
adv. in several ways; in a multiple manner; "they were multiply checked for errors"
Adjectives (0)
Fuzzynyms (52)
develop, work out, evolve
v. work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"
raise, arouse, bring up, invoke, call forth, put forward, conjure up, call down
v. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
sire, mother, father, beget, engender, generate, bring forth
v. make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
author, be the author of
v. be the author of; "She authored this play"
spawn, breed, engender
v. call forth
spawn, lay eggs
v. lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"
adapt, transcribe
v. rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended
mull, meditate, ponder, contemplate, muse, reflect, ruminate, speculate, chew over, mull over, think over
v. reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
take, consider, look at, deal with
v. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
copy, simulate, imitate
v. reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"
grow, become bigger, become greater, become larger
v. become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
proliferate, grow rapidly
v. grow rapidly; "Pizza parlors proliferate in this area"
propagate
v. transmit or cause to broaden or spread; "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"
Synonyms (0)
Antonyms (8)
fraction, divide, make a division
v. perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
decrease, lessen, make smaller, minify
v. make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
singly
adv. one by one; one at a time; "they were arranged singly"
multiply
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