Growing

//ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·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

Synonyms

increasing architecture assembly blooming blossoming budding

Antonyms

Example

"Cole's Axiom: The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing."

Related phrases

fruit-growing growing pains growing season rice growing vine-growing

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