improvise

improvise has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• v. t.. To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.
• v. t.. To bring about, arrange, or make, on a sudden, or without previous preparation.
• v. t.. To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.
• v. i.. To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand.
• v.. perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"
• v.. manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks"