'Grow' definitions:
Definition of 'grow'
(from WordNet)
verb
Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" [syn: turn, grow]
verb
Become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
verb
Increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore"
verb
Cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard"
verb
Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast" [syn: mature, maturate, grow]
verb
Come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" [syn: originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow]
verb
Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" [syn: grow, raise, farm, produce]
verb
Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" [syn: grow, develop, produce, get, acquire]
verb
Grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior" [syn: develop, grow]
verb
Become attached by or as if by the process of growth; "The tree trunks had grown together"
Definition of 'Grow'
From: GCIDE
- Grow \Grow\ (gr[=o]), v. i. [imp. Grew (gr[udd]); p. p. {Grown (gr[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Growing.] [AS. gr[=o]wan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. gr[=o]a, Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf. Green, Grass.]
- 1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue. [1913 Webster]
- Winter began to grow fast on. --Knolles. [1913 Webster]
- Even just the sum that I do owe to you Is growing to me by Antipholus. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To spring up and come to maturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries. [1913 Webster]
- Where law faileth, error groweth. --Gower. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale. [1913 Webster]
- For his mind Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To become attached or fixed; to adhere. [1913 Webster]
- Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Growing cell, or Growing slide, a device for preserving alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a manner to permit its growth to be watched under the microscope.
- Grown over, covered with a growth.
- To grow out of, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or as a branch from the main stem; to result from. [1913 Webster]
- These wars have grown out of commercial considerations. --A. Hamilton.
- To grow up, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as, grown up children.
- To grow together, to close and adhere; to become united by growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed. --Howells.
- Syn: To become; increase; enlarge; augment; improve; expand; extend. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Grow'
From: GCIDE
- Grow \Grow\ (gr[=o]), v. t. To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco. --Macaulay.
- Syn: To raise; to cultivate. See Raise, v. t., 3. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'grow'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accrue,
- accumulate,
- advance,
- age,
- appreciate,
- arise,
- attain majority,
- balloon,
- be changed,
- be converted into,
- bear fruit,
- become,
- bloat,
- bloom,
- blossom,
- boom,
- breed,
- brew,
- broaden,
- bud,
- burgeon,
- burst forth,
- care for,
- carve,
- chisel,
- come,
- come of age,
- come over,
- come to be,
- come to maturity,
- convert,
- crescendo,
- crop,
- cultivate,
- culture,
- develop,
- dryfarm,
- enlarge,
- evolute,
- evolve,
- expand,
- extract,
- farm,
- fatten,
- feed,
- fledge,
- flourish,
- flower,
- foster,
- fructify,
- gain,
- gain strength,
- garden,
- gather,
- gemmate,
- germinate,
- get,
- get ahead,
- get to be,
- go,
- go up,
- grow rank,
- grow up,
- harvest,
- hatch,
- hypertrophy,
- increase,
- intensify,
- issue,
- keep,
- leaf,
- leaf out,
- leave,
- leave the nest,
- lengthen,
- luxuriate,
- machine,
- maturate,
- mature,
- mellow,
- mill,
- mine,
- mount,
- multiply,
- mushroom,
- nurse,
- nurture,
- originate,
- outgrow,
- overdevelop,
- overgrow,
- overrun,
- overtop,
- plant,
- process,
- procreate,
- produce,
- progress,
- proliferate,
- propagate,
- prosper,
- pullulate,
- pump,
- put forth,
- put forth leaves,
- put out buds,
- raise,
- ranch,
- reach manhood,
- reach twenty-one,
- reach voting age,
- rear,
- refine,
- reproduce,
- riot,
- ripe,
- ripen,
- rise,
- rise up,
- root,
- run,
- run up,
- season,
- settle down,
- sharecrop,
- shoot,
- shoot up,
- smelt,
- snowball,
- sow,
- spread,
- spring up,
- sprout,
- sprout up,
- stem,
- strengthen,
- strike root,
- swell,
- take root,
- temper,
- tend,
- thicken,
- thrive,
- toga virilis,
- tower,
- turn,
- turn into,
- upgrow,
- uprise,
- upshoot,
- upspear,
- upspring,
- upsprout,
- vegetate,
- wax,
- widen