(~s, improvising, ~d)
1.
If you ~, you make or do something using whatever you have or without having planned it in advance.
You need a wok with a steaming rack for this; if you don’t have one, ~...
The vet had ~d a harness...
...an ~d stone shelter.
VERB: V, V n, V-ed
improvisation (improvisations)
Funds were not abundant and clever improvisation was necessary.
N-VAR
2.
When performers ~, they invent music or words as they play, sing, or speak.
I asked her what the piece was and she said, ‘Oh, I’m just improvising’...
Uncle Richard intoned a chapter from the Bible and ~d a prayer...
I think that the art of a storyteller is to take the story and ~ on it.
VERB: V, V n, V on n
improvisation (improvisations)
...an improvisation on ‘Jingle Bells’.
N-VAR: oft N on n