thrive :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. gain in wealth

boom, flourish, expand, prosper, grow stronger, get ahead

v. grow stronger; "The economy was booming"

boom, flourish, expand, prosper, thrive, grow stronger, get ahead

v. grow stronger; "The economy was booming"

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

flourish, prosper, thrive, fly high

v. gain in wealth

increase

v. become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"

root, take root, take roots

v. take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly"

develop, make grow

v. 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"

bloom, flower, blossom

v. produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed"

grow, mature, maturate, undergo maturation, grow mature

v. develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"

swell

v. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"

swell, distend, swell up

v. expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

wax, increase in phase

v. increase in phase; "the moon is waxing"

bud, develop buds

v. develop buds; "The hibiscus is budding!"

spread, diffuse, spread out, fan out

v. move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"

spread, extend, distribute, cause to spread

v. distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country"

shoot, spud, sprout, pullulate, germinate, bourgeon, burgeon forth

v. produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"

progress, build, work up, build up, form steadily

v. form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"

fade, wither, lose vigor, lose vitality, loose freshness

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

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