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GROW
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Irregular inflected forms: grew , grown
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they grow ... he / she / it grows
Past simple: grew
Past participle: grown
-ing form: growing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Example:
Well-developed breasts
Synonyms:
acquire; develop; get; grow; produce
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Verb group:
acquire; develop; evolve (gain through experience)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grow"):
feather; fledge (grow feathers)
regrow (grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption)
spring (develop suddenly)
sprout; stock (put forth and grow sprouts or shoots)
stool; tiller (grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers)
leaf (produce leaves, of plants)
pod (produce pods, of plants)
teethe (grow teeth; cut the baby teeth)
pupate (develop into a pupa)
cut (have grow through the gums)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
Example:
She grew angry
Synonyms:
grow; turn
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Verb group:
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grow"):
turn (change color)
bald (grow bald; lose hair on one's head)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Sentence example:
John will grow angry
Derivation:
growth (the gradual beginning or coming forth)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain
Example:
Her business grew fast
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
increase (become bigger or greater in amount)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grow"):
expand; spread out (extend in one or more directions)
prove; rise (increase in volume)
root (take root and begin to grow)
burgeon (grow and flourish)
branch; ramify (grow and send out branches or branch-like structures)
lengthen (become long or longer)
proliferate (grow rapidly)
boom; expand; flourish; thrive (grow vigorously)
expand (become larger in size or volume or quantity)
develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)
stretch (become longer by being stretched and pulled)
grow over; overgrow (grow beyond or across)
mushroom (grow and spread fast)
vegetate (grow or spread abnormally)
augment (grow or intensify)
enlarge (become larger or bigger)
climb; go up; rise (increase in value or to a higher point)
hypertrophy (undergo hypertrophy)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
The business is going to grow
Also:
grow up (become an adult)
Derivation:
growth (a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Increase in size by natural process
Example:
her hair doesn't grow much anymore
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)
Verb group:
grow (cause to grow or develop)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grow"):
bourgeon; burgeon forth; germinate; pullulate; shoot; sprout; spud (produce buds, branches, or germinate)
twin (grow as twins)
vegetate (produce vegetation)
vegetate (grow like a plant)
exfoliate (grow by producing or unfolding leaves)
undergrow (grow below something)
ancylose; ankylose (undergo ankylosis)
cut (grow through the gums)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sentence example:
Did his feet grow?
Derivation:
growing; growth ((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)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Cause to grow or develop
Example:
He grows vegetables in his backyard
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
develop; make grow (cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development)
Cause:
grow (increase in size by natural process)
Verb group:
grow (increase in size by natural process)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grow"):
root (cause to take roots)
germinate (cause to grow or sprout)
swell (cause to become swollen)
rotate (plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession)
culture (grow in a special preparation)
vegetate (establish vegetation on)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They grow rye in the field
Derivation:
grower (someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil)
growing; growth ((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)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
Example:
The child grew fast
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)
"Grow" entails doing...:
age; get on; maturate; mature; senesce (grow old or older)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grow"):
ripen (grow ripe)
find; find oneself (accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation)
grow up (become an adult)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue grow
Derivation:
growing; growth ((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)
growth (a progression from simpler to more complex forms)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Become attached by or as if by the process of growth
Example:
The tree trunks had grown together
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 8
Meaning:
Grow emotionally or mature
Example:
When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior
Synonyms:
develop; grow
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grow"):
outgrow (grow too large or too mature for)
make (develop into)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue grow
Sense 9
Meaning:
Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
Example:
We raise hogs here
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
cultivate (foster the growth of)
Domain category:
agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grow"):
carry (bear (a crop))
overproduce (produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted)
keep (raise)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They grow rye in the field
Derivation:
grower (someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil)
growth (vegetation that has grown)
Sense 10
Meaning:
Come into existence; take on form or shape
Example:
An interesting phenomenon uprose
Synonyms:
arise; develop; grow; originate; rise; spring up; uprise
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
become (come into existence)
Verb group:
develop (be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grow"):
resurge (rise again)
come forth; emerge (happen or occur as a result of something)
come; follow (to be the product or result)
swell; well up (come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things))
head (take its rise)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
growth (the gradual beginning or coming forth)
Context examples:
Day and night the ship throbbed to the tireless pulse of the propeller, and though one day was very like another, it was apparent to Buck that the weather was steadily growing colder.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
I am growing weaker, and the night is coming on.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
If you are married, would you like to weave tender moments together so that you can grow closer?
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
A rare, benign, slow-growing and painless neoplasm of sweat glands.
(Mixed Tumor of the Skin (Chondroid Syringoma), NCI Thesaurus)
It blocks signals between growing cells and may kill cancer cells.
(MK0752, NCI Dictionary)
This species is susceptible to Kanamycin and Penicillin, ferments rhamnose, mannitol, D-tagatose and melezitose, grows in the presence of Brilliant green and reduces nitrate.
(Mitsuokella multacida, NCI Thesaurus)
A measure of how fast cancer cells are dividing and growing.
(Mitotic rate, NCI Dictionary)
A semiparasitic plant that grows on some types of trees.
(Mistletoe, NCI Dictionary)
They grow best in warm, damp and humid conditions.
(Molds, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
You should have a health care professional check your moles if they look unusual, grow larger, change in color or outline, or in any other way.
(Moles, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
