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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"

elaborate, work out

v. work out in detail; "elaborate a plan"

expand, spread out

v. extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands"

increase

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

extend

v. open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?"

distend

v. cause to expand as it by internal pressure; "The gas distended the animal's body"

spread

v. cover by spreading something over; "spread the bread with cheese"

unfold, spread, spread out, open

v. spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms"

circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around

v. cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

go around, spread, circulate

v. become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"

increase

v. make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"

gyrate, spiral, coil

v. to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

corkscrew, spiral

v. move in a spiral or zigzag course

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