S: (v) evolve (undergo development or evolution) "Modern man evolved a long time ago"
S: (v) develop, acquire, evolve (gain through experience) "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"
S: (v) grow, develop, produce, get, acquire (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)) "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
S: (v) fledge, feather (grow feathers) "The young sparrows are fledging already"
S: (v) regrow (grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption) "parts of the trunk of this tree can regrow"; "some invertebrates can regrow limbs or their tail after they lost it due to an injury"
S: (v) spring (develop suddenly) "The tire sprang a leak"
S: (v) sprout, stock (put forth and grow sprouts or shoots) "the plant sprouted early this year"
S: (v) develop (generate gradually) "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
S: (v) develop (elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme) "develop the melody and change the key"
W: (n) evolution [Related to: evolve] ((biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms)