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

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Etymology

Verb

grow (third-person singular simple present grows, present participle growing, simple past (dialectal) growed or grew, past participle (dialectal) growed or grown)

(ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.

(intransitive) To appear or sprout.

(intransitive) To develop, to mature.

(transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.

(copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.

(intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

Antonyms

• shrink

Proper noun

Grow (plural Grows)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Grow is the 6474^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5246 individuals. Grow is most common among White (93.6%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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