Growing
/ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 growth; increase countable, uncountable
"Some of these unhappy emigrants felt a general sinking of all their mental and bodily energies, without, however, experiencing the growings of hunger."
- 2 (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state wordnet
- 3 The raising of plants. countable, uncountable
"The growing season here begins in March."
- 4 (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 wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of grow form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 relating to or suitable for growth wordnet
Example
More examples"Cole's Axiom: The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing."