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Grow Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Grow? [v] pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become;"The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"; "The teacher became impatient" [v] come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" [v] become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast" [v] increase in size by natural process; of living matter, such as plants and animals; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees" [v] cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard" [v] develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast" [v] become attached by or as if by the process of growth; "The tree trunks had grown together" [v] grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior" [v] cultivate by growing; often involves improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" [v] come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship,"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Grow: acquire \| arise \| develop \| develop \| farm \| get \| maturate \| mature \| originate \| produce \| produce \| raise \| rise \| spring up \| turn \| uprise Related Terms \| Find terms related to Grow: accrue \| accumulate \| advance \| age \| appreciate \| arise \| attain majority \| balloon \| be changed \| be converted into \| bear fruit \| become \| bloat \| bloom \| blossom \| boom \| breed \| brew \| broaden \| bud \| burgeon \| burst forth \| care for \| carve \| chisel \| come \| come of age \| come over \| come to be \| come to maturity \| convert \| crescendo \| crop \| cultivate \| culture \| develop \| dryfarm \| enlarge \| evolute \| evolve \| expand \| extract \| farm \| fatten \| feed \| fledge \| flourish \| flower \| foster \| fructify \| gain \| gain strength \| garden \| gather \| gemmate \| germinate \| get \| get ahead \| get to be \| go \| go up \| grow rank \| grow up \| harvest \| hatch \| hypertrophy \| increase \| intensify \| issue \| keep \| leaf \| leaf out \| leave \| leave the nest \| lengthen \| luxuriate \| machine \| maturate \| mature \| mellow \| mill \| mine \| mount \| multiply \| mushroom \| nurse \| nurture \| originate \| outgrow \| overdevelop \| overgrow \| overrun \| overtop \| plant \| process \| procreate \| produce \| progress \| proliferate \| propagate \| prosper \| pullulate \| pump \| put forth \| put forth leaves \| put out buds \| raise \| ranch \| reach manhood \| reach twenty-one \| reach voting age \| rear \| refine \| reproduce \| riot \| ripe \| ripen \| rise \| rise up \| root \| run \| run up \| season \| settle down \| sharecrop \| shoot \| shoot up \| smelt \| snowball \| sow \| spread \| spring up \| sprout \| sprout up \| stem \| strengthen \| strike root \| swell \| take root \| temper \| tend \| thicken \| thrive \| toga virilis \| tower \| turn \| turn into \| upgrow \| uprise \| upshoot \| upspear \| upspring \| upsprout \| vegetate \| wax \| widen See Also \| age \| ancylose \| ankylose \| augment \| bald \| become \| boom \| bourgeon \| branch \| build up \| burgeon \| burgeon forth \| carry \| change \| change \| climb \| come \| come forth \| creep \| cultivate \| cut \| cut \| develop \| emerge \| enlarge \| exfoliate \| expand \| feather \| find \| find oneself \| fledge \| flourish \| follow \| germinate \| get ahead \| get on \| get up \| go up \| grow over \| grow up \| hypertrophy \| increase \| keep \| leaf \| lengthen \| make \| mushroom \| outgrow \| overgrow \| overproduce \| pod \| proliferate \| prosper \| prove \| pullulate \| pupate \| ramify \| regrow \| resurge \| ripen \| rise \| root \| rotate \| shoot \| spread out \| spring \| sprout \| sprout \| spud \| stool \| stretch \| swell \| swell \| teethe \| thrive \| tiller \| twin \| undergrow \| vegetate \| well up \| work up Grow In Webster's Dictionary \Grow\, v. i. [imp. {Grew}; p. p. {Grown ; p. pr. & vb. n. {Growing}.] [AS. grawan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. groa, Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf. {Green}, {Grass}.] 1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs. 2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue. Winter began to grow fast on. --Knolles. Even just the sum that I do owe to you Is growing to me by Antipholus. --Shak. 3. To spring up and come to matturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries. Where law faileth, error groweth. --Gower. 4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale. For his mind Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary. --Byron. 5. To become attached of fixed; to adhere. Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow. --Shak. {Growing cell}, or {Growing slide}, a device for preserving alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a manner to permit its growth to be watched under the microscope. {Grown over}, covered with a growth. {To grow out of}, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or as a branch from the main stem; to result from. These wars have grown out of commercial considerations. --A. Hamilton. {To grow up}, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as, grown up children. {To grow together}, to close and adhere; to become united by growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed. --Howells. Syn: To become; increase; enlarge; augment; improve; expand; extend. \Grow\, v. t. To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco. --Macaulay. Syn: To raise; to cultivate. See {Raise}, v. t., 3.

Grow Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Grow?

[v] pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become;"The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"; "The teacher became impatient"
[v] come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
[v] become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
[v] increase in size by natural process; of living matter, such as plants and animals; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"
[v] cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard"
[v] develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"
[v] become attached by or as if by the process of growth; "The tree trunks had grown together"
[v] grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"
[v] cultivate by growing; often involves improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"
[v] come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship,"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

Grow In Webster's Dictionary

\Grow\, v. i. [imp. {Grew}; p. p. {Grown ; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Growing}.] [AS. grawan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. groa,
Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf. {Green}, {Grass}.]
1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to
   increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter
   into the living organism; -- said of animals and
   vegetables and their organs.

2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to
   be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.

         Winter began to grow fast on.         --Knolles.

         Even just the sum that I do owe to you Is growing to
         me by Antipholus.                     --Shak.

3. To spring up and come to matturity in a natural way; to be
   produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice
   grows in warm countries.

         Where law faileth, error groweth.     --Gower.

4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect
   from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.

         For his mind Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary.
                                               --Byron.

5. To become attached of fixed; to adhere.

         Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
                                               --Shak.

{Growing cell}, or {Growing slide}, a device for preserving
   alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a
   manner to permit its growth to be watched under the
   microscope.

{Grown over}, covered with a growth.

{To grow out of}, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or
   as a branch from the main stem; to result from.

         These wars have grown out of commercial
         considerations.                       --A. Hamilton.

{To grow up}, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as,
   grown up children.



{To grow together}, to close and adhere; to become united by
   growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed. --Howells.

Syn: To become; increase; enlarge; augment; improve; expand;
     extend.


\Grow\, v. t.
To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a
crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco. --Macaulay.

Syn: To raise; to cultivate. See {Raise}, v. t., 3.

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