act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining | social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s |
the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful | any clever maneuver |
(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated | the act of rotating rapidly |
a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation | turning or twisting around (in place) |
a district that has been developed to serve some purpose | the act of winding or twisting |
processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible | a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair |
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | an interpretation of a text or action |
a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) | an unforeseen development |
a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) | a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself |
| a jerky pulling movement |
| a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight |
| a circular segment of a curve |
| a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments |