grow

Speech parts

1. grow - Verb

2. Grow - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.

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.

To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.

To become attached of fixed; to adhere.

To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

increase develop rise raise expand arise mature augment enlarge bloom produce turn spread progress advance
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Antonyms

shrink pollard bob SAG hew wrack
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Hypernyms

become change increase develop cultivate make grow

Hyponyms

tiller make culture find head come

Phrases with the word

money doesn't grow on trees grow room grow stronger grow box grow older let the grass grow round one's feet

Derivatives

grew grown growing

Examples

Why does man grow spiritually through pain and not through joys and rest? Simply because joy and comfort lead man to be satisfied with the present world. Grief and tribulations lead us to search for a deeper joy, beyond the limits of this life. Seraphim Rose

When the children are young, talk to them about God; when they grow up, talk to God about them. Nectarios of Aegina

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. E. E. Cummings

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. English Proverb

Don't allow the grass to grow on the path of friendship. American Proverb

If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

grovet Groveton grovy grow a beard grow a custom grow a moustache