v.
1.earn on some commercial or business transaction
2.convert into cash
3.expand or complete (a thorough-based part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
4.make real or concrete
5.be fully aware or cognizant of
6.perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
Idiom of the Day
drown one's sorrows
to drink alcohol or do something to forget one`s problems
The man is drowning his sorrows with a drink.