GREW
GROW
grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
(verb) 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”
turn, grow
(verb) pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; “The weather turned nasty”; “She grew angry”
grow
(verb) become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; “The problem grew too large for me”; “Her business grew fast”
grow
(verb) 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”
grow
(verb) cause to grow or develop; “He grows vegetables in his backyard”
mature, maturate, grow
(verb) develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; “He matured fast”; “The child grew fast”
grow, raise, farm, produce
(verb) 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”
originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
grew
simple past tense of grow
(now colloquial) past participle of grow
Etymology 2
Verb
grew (third-person singular simple present grews, present participle grewing, simple past and past participle grewed)
Alternative form of grue (“shudder with fear”)
Source: Wiktionary
Grew,
Definition: imp. of Grow.
GROW
Grow, v. i. [imp. Grew; p. p. Grown (; p. pr. & vb. n. Growing.]
Etym: [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.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition