'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]
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Become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
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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"
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Cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard"
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Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast" [syn: mature, maturate, grow]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]