without apparent forethought or prompting or planning; "an unplanned economy"; "accepts an unplanned order"; "an unplanned pregnancy"; "unplanned remarks"
enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"
come into existence; "What becomes has duration"
undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"
the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green"
ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided"
a close approximation; "the nearest approach to genius"
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter"
the event of one object coming closer to another
make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"
come near in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age"
move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)