Word Study
growing pains
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun growing pains has 3 senses
- growing pains(n = noun.state) - pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth; is a kind of hurting, pain
- growing pains(n = noun.feeling) - emotional distress arising during adolescence; is a kind of pain, painfulness
- growing pains(n = noun.cognition) - problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages); is a kind of problem, trouble
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