v. 1 make, develop, turn out, put or bring out, manufacture, fabricate, generate, create; construct, assemble, put together, compose; mould, cast; extrude This machine is capable of producing 10,000 units an hour 2 yield, give rise to, cause, bring up, bring forth, spark, initiate, occasion, bring about, prompt, evoke, start, create, generate, beget, originate He was unprepared for the laughter produced by his slip of the tongue 3 generate, beget, create, put out or forth, breed, propagate, bear, give birth to, hatch, grow See how the plant is producing buds at these nodes? 4 bring forward or in or out, introduce, present, offer, show, exhibit, display, stage, put on, mount She was the first to produce Japanese Noh drama in the west 5 disclose, reveal, bring to light, show, display, draw When I refused to give him the money, he produced a gun 6 supply, furnish, provide, deliver, distribute They are accused of continuing to produce fluorocarbons despite the government ban
n. 7 vegetables, fruit, Chiefly Brit greengrocery The produce is delivered to the markets from the farms at the crack of dawn