Associations to the word «Improve»

Wiktionary

IMPROVE, verb. (transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
IMPROVE, verb. (intransitive) To become better.
IMPROVE, verb. (obsolete) To disprove or make void; to refute.
IMPROVE, verb. (obsolete) To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.
IMPROVE, verb. (dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.

Dictionary definition

IMPROVE, verb. To make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes".
IMPROVE, verb. Get better; "The weather improved toward evening".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats