n.
1) to establish; have, maintain; normalize; renew ~
2) to cement, improve, promote, strengthen ~
3) to break off, sever; strain ~ (to break off diplomatic ~ with a country)
4) close, intimate; friendly; strained, troubled ~
5) business, commercial, economic, trade; diplomatic; extramarital; foreign; international; labor; marital; premarital; public; race; sexual ~ (to have sexual ~ with smb.)
6) ~ among, between; with
7) ( misc. ) friends and ~ ('friends and relatives')