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Grow Definition And Meaning |
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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. |
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