Grow
[grəʊ] or [ɡro]
Definition
(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'.
(verb.) become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; 'The problem grew too large for me'; 'Her business grew fast'.
(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'.
(verb.) cause to grow or develop; 'He grows vegetables in his backyard'.
(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'.
(verb.) become attached by or as if by the process of growth; 'The tree trunks had grown together'.
Typist: Miguel--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.
(v. i.) To become attached of fixed; to adhere.
(v. t.) To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco.
Checked by Abby
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Enlarge, increase, expand, extend, be augmented, become (by degrees) greater or larger.[2]. Vegetate, sprout, germinate, shoot, pullulate, put forth, shoot up, spring up.[3]. Advance, improve, make progress, make improvement.[4]. Become, wax, come to be, get to be.
v. a. Raise, produce, cultivate.
Checker: Lowell
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Increase, advance, extend, expand, enlarge, gain_ground, accrue, become,develop, amplify
ANT:Dimmish, recede, contract, fail, stop, die, wane
Edited by Henry
Definition
v.i. to become enlarged by a natural process: to advance towards maturity: to increase in size: to develop: to become greater in any way: to extend: to improve: to pass from one state to another: to become.—v.t. to cause to grow: to cultivate:—pa.t. grew (grōō); pa.p. grown.—ns. Grow′er; Grow′ing; Growth a growing: gradual increase: progress: development: that which has grown: product.—Grow on to gain in the estimation of; Grow out of to issue from result from: to pass beyond in development to give up; Grow to to advance to; Grow together to become united by growth; Grow up to advance in growth become full-grown; to take root spring up.
Edited by Fergus
Examples
- But it will soon grow out again, said Beth, coming to kiss and comfort the shorn sheep. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- That is not the way things come about: we grow into a new point of view: only afterwards, in looking back, do we see the landmarks of our progress. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- To grow rich is to get money; and wealth and money, in short, are, in common language, considered as in every respect synonymous. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Men find themselves a part of Merry England or Holy Russia; they grow up into these devotions; they accept them as a part of their nature. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His services, with rare exceptions, grow less valuable as he advances in age and nervous strain breaks him down. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He thought of Rachael, how young when they were first brought together in these circumstances, how mature now, how soon to grow old. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I never made any plans about what I'd do when I grew up. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Moreover, he felt he was seen through, and Peter grew black as a thunder-cloud. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- At this moment the noise grew louder. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The twelve strokes sounded, she grew docile, and would meekly lie down. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But across that long distance these currents for many reasons grew still weaker. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Towards the end of Jane's second song, her voice grew thick. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I did not like to work; but I did as much of it, while young, as grown men can be hired to do in these days, and attended school at the same time. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- When a woman has five grown-up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I had amongst my scholars several farmers' daughters: young women grown, almost. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It has grown discouraged, and stopped. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The honest Irish maid-servant, delighted with the change, asked leave to kiss the face that had grown all of a sudden so rosy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- If she had had a daughter now, a grown young lady, to interest her, I think she would have had the only kind of excellence she wants. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He is growing extremely particular in his attentions. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Mrs. Porter inquired, growing impatient. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- We were growing accustomed to encomiums on wonders that too often proved no wonders at all. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We have said that Innocent III never seemed to realize that his ward, Frederick II, was growing up. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He'd find himself growing thin, if he didn't look sharp! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Presently, the chateau began to make itself strangely visible by some light of its own, as though it were growing luminous. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Again, let us see how the democratical man grows out of the oligarchical: the following, as I suspect, is commonly the process. Plato. The Republic.
- When a new business grows at that rate, of course, it soon needs power. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nature grows old, and shakes in her decaying limbs,--creation has become bankrupt! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- So cold, so fresh, so sea-clear her face was, it was like kissing a flower that grows near the surf. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Out of his waistcoat, as usual, grows a tree, on the main branches of which the above illustrious names are inscribed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- All else grows dim, and fades away. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Edited by Clio