Growing
['ɡrəʊɪŋ] or ['ɡroɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state.
(adj.) relating to or suitable for growth; 'the growing season for corn'; 'good growing weather' .
Checker: Melanie--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grow
Editor: Verna
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Increasing, enlarging.
Edited by Ingram
Examples
- 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.
- All the Cainozoic mammals were doing this one thing in common under the urgency of a common necessity; they were all growing brain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the man's problem, the growing impossibility of early marriages is directly related to the business situation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It will grow all the time and that will only be to keep it neat at the start while it is growing long. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Supplies were growing scarce in Richmond, and the sources from which to draw them were in our hands. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Julia, they said, was growing more gracious towards George Brummell than Colonel Cotton liked. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It is equally true that the papacy never seemed to realize that Europe was growing up. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I thought then, growing uneasy, that I ought to write an answer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We had not occupied this position long when it was discovered that our ammunition was growing low. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The very thing I wish, said Fanny; for London is growing very stupid. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Typist: Sanford