Definition: grow
Source: WordNet (r) 1.7
grow
v 1: pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property
or attribute; become;"The weather turned nasty"; "She
grew angry"; "The teacher became impatient" [syn: turn]
2: become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The
problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
3: increase in size by natural process; of living matter, such
as plants and animals; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these
forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"
4: cause to grow or develop: "He grows vegetables in his
backyard"
5: develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured
fast"; "The child grew fast" [syn: mature, maturate]
6: 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]
7: cultivate by growing; often involves 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: raise, farm,
produce]
8: 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: develop, produce, get,
acquire]
9: 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]
10: become attached by or as if by the process of growth; "The
tree trunks had grown together"
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Grow \Grow\, 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.
Grow \Grow\, v. i. [imp. Grew; p. p. {Grown ; p. pr. & vb. n. Growing.] [AS. grawan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. groa, 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. 2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue. Winter began to grow fast on. --Knolles. Even just the sum that I do owe to you Is growing to me by Antipholus. --Shak. 3. To spring up and come to matturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries. Where law faileth, error groweth. --Gower. 4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale. For his mind Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary. --Byron. 5. To become attached of fixed; to adhere. Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow. --Shak. 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. These wars have grown out of commercial considerations. --A. Hamilton. To grow up, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as, grown up children.
