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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb grow has 10 senses
- grow(v = verb.change) turn - pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" is one way to change
- grow(v = verb.change) Array - become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast" is one way to increase
- grow(v = verb.change) Array - increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore" is one way to develop
- grow(v = verb.change) Array - cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard" is one way to develop, make grow
- grow(v = verb.change) maturate, mature - develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast" is one way to develop
- grow(v = verb.stative) arise, develop, originate, rise, spring up, uprise - 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" is one way to become
- grow(v = verb.creation) farm, produce, raise - cultivate by growing, often involving 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" is one way to cultivate
- grow(v = verb.body) acquire, develop, get, produce - 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" is one way to change
- grow(v = verb.change) develop - 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" is one way to change
- grow(v = verb.change) Array - become attached by or as if by the process of growth; "The tree trunks had grown together" is one way to change
Derived form noun growth5
Sample sentence:
John will grow angry
Derived form noun growth3
Sample sentence:
The business is going to grow
Derived forms noun growing1, noun growth1
Sample sentence:
Did his feet grow?
Derived forms noun grower1, noun growing1, noun growth1
Sample sentence:
They grow rye in the field
Derived forms noun growing1, noun growth1, noun growth2
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue grow
Derived form noun growth5
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Derived forms noun grower1, noun growth4
Sample sentence:
They grow rye in the field
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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Sam and Sue grow
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Somebody ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue. [1913 Webster]"Winter began to grow fast on." [1913 Webster]"Even just the sum that I do owe to you
Is growing to me by Antipholus." [1913 Webster] - To spring up and come to maturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries. [1913 Webster]"Where law faileth, error groweth." [1913 Webster]
- To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale. [1913 Webster]"For his mind
Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary." [1913 Webster] - To become attached or fixed; to adhere. [1913 Webster]"Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow." [1913 Webster]"These wars have grown out of commercial considerations."
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.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
grow, v. (past grew; past part. grown)
1 intr. increase in size, height, quantity, degree, or in any way regarded as measurable (e.g. authority or reputation) (often foll. by in: grew in stature).
2 intr. a develop or exist as a living plant or natural product. b develop in a specific way or direction (began to grow sideways). c germinate, sprout; spring up.
3 intr. be produced; come naturally into existence; arise.
4 intr. (as grown adj.) fully matured; adult.
5 intr. a become gradually (grow rich; grow less). b (foll. by to + infin.) come by degrees (grew to like it).
6 intr. (foll. by into) a become, having grown or developed (the acorn has grown into a tall oak; will grow into a fine athlete). b become large enough for or suited to (will grow into the coat; grew into her new job).
7 intr. (foll. by on) become gradually more favoured by.
8 tr. a produce (plants, fruit, wood, etc.) by cultivation. b bring forth. c cause (a beard etc.) to develop.
9 tr. (in passive; foll. by over, up) be covered with a growth.
1 intr. increase in size, height, quantity, degree, or in any way regarded as measurable (e.g. authority or reputation) (often foll. by in: grew in stature).
2 intr. a develop or exist as a living plant or natural product. b develop in a specific way or direction (began to grow sideways). c germinate, sprout; spring up.
3 intr. be produced; come naturally into existence; arise.
4 intr. (as grown adj.) fully matured; adult.
5 intr. a become gradually (grow rich; grow less). b (foll. by to + infin.) come by degrees (grew to like it).
6 intr. (foll. by into) a become, having grown or developed (the acorn has grown into a tall oak; will grow into a fine athlete). b become large enough for or suited to (will grow into the coat; grew into her new job).
7 intr. (foll. by on) become gradually more favoured by.
8 tr. a produce (plants, fruit, wood, etc.) by cultivation. b bring forth. c cause (a beard etc.) to develop.
9 tr. (in passive; foll. by over, up) be covered with a growth.
Idiom
growing bag a bag containing peat-based potting compost in which plants may be grown. growing pains
1 early difficulties in the development of an enterprise etc.
2 neuralgic pain in children's legs due to fatigue etc. grown-up adj. adult.
--n. an adult person. grow out of
1 become too large to wear (a garment).
2 become too mature to retain (a childish habit etc.).
3 be the result or development of. grow together coalesce.
grow up
1 a advance to maturity. b (esp. in imper.) begin to behave sensibly.
2 (of a custom) arise, become common.
1 early difficulties in the development of an enterprise etc.
2 neuralgic pain in children's legs due to fatigue etc. grown-up adj. adult.
--n. an adult person. grow out of
1 become too large to wear (a garment).
2 become too mature to retain (a childish habit etc.).
3 be the result or development of. grow together coalesce.
grow up
1 a advance to maturity. b (esp. in imper.) begin to behave sensibly.
2 (of a custom) arise, become common.
Derivative
growable adj.
Etymology
OE growan f. Gmc, rel. to GRASS, GREEN
THESAURUS
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, widenROGET THESAURUS
grow
Increase
VB increase, augment, add to, enlarge, dilate, grow, wax, get ahead, gain strength, advance, run up, shoot up, rise, ascend, sprout, aggrandize, raise, exalt, deepen, heighten, strengthen, intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble, aggravate, exaggerate, exasperate, exacerbate, add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino, superadd, spread.Conversion
VB be converted into, become, get, wax, come to, turn to, turn into, evolve into, develop into, turn out, lapse, shift, run into, fall into, pass into, slide into, glide into, grow into, ripen into, open into, resolve itself into, settle into, merge into, emerge as, melt, grow, come round to, mature, mellow, assume the form of, assume the shape of, assume the state of, assume the nature of, assume the character of, illapse, begin a new phase, assume a new phase, undergo a change, convert into, resolve into, make, render, mold, form, remodel, new model, refound, reform, reorganize, assimilate to, bring to, reduce to.Expansion
VB become larger &c (large), expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather, fill out, deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread, mantle, wax, grow up, spring up, bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth, gain flesh, gather flesh, outgrow, spread like wildfire, overrun, be larger than, surpass, render larger &c (large), expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram, exaggerate, fatten.
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