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Grow

//ɡɹoʊ// name, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Verb
  1. 1
    To become larger, to increase in magnitude. ergative

    "Children grow quickly."

  2. 2
    come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) wordnet
  3. 3
    To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere) ergative

    "Apples now grow all over the world."

  4. 4
    pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become wordnet
  5. 5
    To appear or sprout. intransitive

    "Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring."

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  1. 6
    become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain wordnet
  2. 7
    To develop, to mature. intransitive

    "As I grew throughout adolescence, I came to appreciate many things about human nature."

  3. 8
    increase in size by natural process wordnet
  4. 9
    To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants. transitive

    "He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden."

  5. 10
    cause to grow or develop wordnet
  6. 11
    To assume a condition or quality over time. copulative

    "Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, fall, wax"

  7. 12
    develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation wordnet
  8. 13
    To become attached or fixed; to adhere. intransitive, obsolete

    "Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow."

  9. 14
    become attached by or as if by the process of growth wordnet
  10. 15
    grow emotionally or mature wordnet
  11. 16
    cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques wordnet
  12. 17
    come into existence; take on form or shape wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōan, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Cognates Cognate with Scots grow, grew (“to grow”), North Frisian grojen, growen (“to grow”), West Frisian groeie (“to grow”), Dutch groeien (“to grow”), German Low German grojen (“to green; thrive; take hold; flourish”), Middle High German grüejen (“to grow, grow green”), Danish gro (“to grow”), Norwegian gro (“to grow”), Swedish gro (“to germinate, grow, sprout”), Icelandic gróa (“to grow”), Latin herba (“plant, herb, weed”), Swedish gröda (“crop”), North Frisian greyde (“growth, pasture”). Related to growth, grass, green.

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