DEFOLIATES Antonyms

• the organic process of bearing flowers

• reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

• the best time of youth

• a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

• a powdery deposit on a surface

• produce or yield flowers

• foster the growth of

• prepare for crops

• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

• adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

• provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to

• make fertile or productive

• introduce semen into (a female)

• a showy gesture

• an ornamental embellishment in writing

• a display of ornamental speech or language

• the act of waving

• (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments

• grow vigorously

• make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance

• move or swing back and forth

• United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)

• providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties

• promote the growth of

• bring up under fosterage; of children

• help develop, help grow

• pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

• become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain

• increase in size by natural process

• cause to grow or develop

• develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation

• come into existence; take on form or shape

• cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques

• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

• grow emotionally or mature

• become attached by or as if by the process of growth

• provide with nourishment

• give nourishment to

• the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

• helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

• help develop, help grow

• look after a child until it is an adult

• provide with nourishment

• cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land

• develop youthful topographical features

• make younger or more youthful

• get or give new life or energy; return to life, regain energy, recuperate

• become young again

• plant again or anew