In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
GROWTH
emergence, outgrowth, growth
(noun) the gradual beginning or coming forth; āfigurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greeceā
growth
(noun) vegetation that has grown; āa growth of treesā; āthe only growth was some salt grassā
growth
(noun) something grown or growing; āa growth of hairā
growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
(noun) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; āhe proposed an indicator of osseous development in childrenā
growth
(noun) a progression from simpler to more complex forms; āthe growth of cultureā
increase, increment, growth
(noun) a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; āthe increase in unemploymentā; āthe growth of populationā
growth
(noun) (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
growth (countable and uncountable, plural growths)
An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
(biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
(biology) Something that grows or has grown.
(pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.
Synonyms
• (increase in size): enlargement, expansion, increase, increment
• (act of growing): development, maturation
• (something that grows or has grown): vegetation
• (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor): outgrowth, cancer, mass
Antonyms
• (increase in size): contraction, decrease, decrement, reduction
• (act of growing): nondevelopment
Hyponyms
• (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor): tumor
Source: Wiktionary
Growth, n. Etym: [Icel. groGrow.]
1. The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth. Shak.
2. That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result. Nature multiplies her fertile growth. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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