when something increases in size, number or importance

a border between two countries, or (especially in the past in the United States) a border between land used to grow crops where people live and wild land

a situation in which a lot of people move to a place to try to find gold because they have heard that gold has been found there

the work of building or making something, especially buildings, bridges

an area of land made available for a particular group of people to live in

a very large farm on which animals are kept, especially in North and South America

a single person or thing, especially when compared to the group or set to which they belong

a person who arrives, especially from another country, in a new place and takes the land in order to live on it and farm it

to start a company or organization that will continue for a long time

to search and discover (about something)