Grew

//ɡɹuː// name, verb, slang

name, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past of grow form-of, past
  2. 2
    Alternative form of grue (“shudder with fear”). alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    past participle of grow colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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developgetmatureoriginateturnturn

Example

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"The sky grew darker and darker."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English grew, from Old English grēow (first and third person past tense of grōwan), from West Germanic *greu, from Northwest Germanic *grerō, from Proto-Germanic *gegrō (first and third person past tense of *grōaną), reduplication of *grōaną.

Etymology 2

Variant of Grewe.

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