Definition of "evolve" in English

verb

To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
To change or transform (something).
- Over several years the author evolved the story originally drafted as a novella into a real epic.
To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
- How long ago did birds evolve beaks?
To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- A hundred thousand years from now, will Homo sapiens have evolved into beings unrecognizable to their ancestors?
To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
- to evolve odours
To wind or unwind (something).
To move in regular procession through a system.
To change, to transform.
- What began as a few lines of code has now evolved into a million-line behemoth.
Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.
- How long ago did beaks evolve?