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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
produce
    n 1: fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market [syn:
         produce, green goods, green groceries, garden
         truck]
    v 1: bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit"
         [syn: produce, bring forth]
    2: create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more
       cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for
       two centuries" [syn: produce, make, create]
    3: cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a
       curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints";
       "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President
       must bring about a change in the health care system" [syn:
       produce, bring about, give rise]
    4: bring out for display; "The proud father produced many
       pictures of his baby"; "The accused brought forth a letter in
       court that he claims exonerates him" [syn: produce, bring
       forth]
    5: cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means
       of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces
       great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow
       wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" [syn: grow, raise,
       farm, produce]
    6: bring onto the market or release; "produce a movie"; "bring
       out a book"; "produce a new play" [syn: produce, bring
       on, bring out]
    7: 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" [syn: grow, develop, produce,
       get, acquire]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Produce \Pro*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Produced; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Producing.] [L. producere, productum, to bring
   forward, beget, produce; pro forward, forth + ducere to lead.
   See Duke.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or
      notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or
      evidence in court.
      [1913 Webster]

            Produce your cause, saith the Lord.   --Isa. xli.
                                                  21.
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            Your parents did not produce you much into the
            world.                                --Swift.
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   2. To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or
      growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to
      propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces
      grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain.
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            This soil produces all sorts of palm trees.
                                                  --Sandys.
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            [They] produce prodigious births of body or mind. --
                                                  Milton.
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            The greatest jurist his country had produced.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   3. To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or
      result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice
      produces misery.
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   4. To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a
      manufacturer produces excellent wares.
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   5. To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest
      produces an income; capital produces profit.
      [1913 Webster]

   6. To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to
      produce a man's life to threescore. --Sir T. Browne.
      [1913 Webster]

   7. (Geom.) To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or
      solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Produce \Pro*duce"\, v. i.
   To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects,
   consequences, or results.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Produce \Prod"uce\ (?; 277), n.
   That which is produced, brought forth, or yielded; product;
   yield; proceeds; result of labor, especially of agricultural
   labors; hence, specifically, agricultural products.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for produce:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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