Crossword clues for improving
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Improving \Im*prov"ing\, a. Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better. -- Im*prov"ing*ly, adv.
Improving lease (Scots Law), an extended lease to induce the tenant to make improvements on the premises.
Improve \Im*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Improved; p. pr. & vb. n. Improving.] [Pref. in- in + prove, in approve. See Approve, Prove.]
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To make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land.
--Donne.I love not to improve the honor of the living by impairing that of the dead.
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To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve one's time; to improve his means.
--Shak.We shall especially honor God by improving diligently the talents which God hath committed to us.
--Barrow.A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved.
--Addison.The court seldom fails to improve the opportunity.
--Blackstone.How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour.
--I. Watts.Those moments were diligently improved.
--Gibbon.True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion, binds us to improve the occasion.
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To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; -- said with reference to what is bad. [R.]
We all have, I fear, . . . not a little improved the wretched inheritance of our ancestors.
--Bp. Porteus.Syn: To better; meliorate; ameliorate; advance; heighten; mend; correct; rectify; amend; reform.
Wiktionary
getting better v
(present participle of improve English)
WordNet
adj. getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy" [syn: up]
Usage examples of "improving".
You're not improving your patient's chances for survival by working on him as if he was an unaware piece of technological scrap that needs repair.
I don't know why we're discussing hypothetical ethical problems that are never likely to arise when we could both be improving our Decom Math skills.
Once awakened, it had its own agenda and entered into the spirit of the changes-taking the ones Grandda made and improving on them now and then, when it felt these alterations were necessary.
Orlig was improving so much that he had a raging case of cabin fever, and exploded at Lunzie.
Jilamey was improving but he would never be a match for Kelly and he missed her support on the team.
She wouldn't put it past Darnell to have diverted some of the new metachips for frivolous applications like improving dronetalk.
So did Dorotea, both keep ing their concerns from Peter, whose telempathy was steadily improving along with his kinesis.
He moved toward her, making sure he looked as if he were walking, a skill he had worked on improving during his convalescence.
The Fleet electrician was a new addition to the team but was improving steadily with each new opportunity to use her previously unexpected parapsychic Talent.
Your 'Dims are improving rapidly, she added when she sensed their immediate alarm.
When he went on to explain that research was a part of the Agronomy Department, improving on nature wherever possible in sweetness texture, or size, he led them outside the controlled-climate units.
So far, people were far more interested in how they could turn their skills to improving their living quarters.
Iantine knew his general skills were better, and improving, because of course, in the studio, everyone had a chance to view everyone else's work.
S'ligar's improving, the sun is shining, the Weyr is righted, and Pressan and I were just giving Falga a little walk.
That would have been a valuable asset in improving Weyr-Hold relations.