grow
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old English grōwan, from Germanic *grō-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁-. Cognate with Dutch groeien. Compare grass, green.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
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to grow (third-person singular simple present grows, present participle growing, simple past grew, past participle grown)
- (intransitive) To become bigger.
- Children grow quickly.
- (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
- The plant began to grow.
- A long tail began to grow from his backside.
- (transitive) To cause something to become bigger, especially cultivate plants.
- He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.
- (intransitive) To assume a condition or quality
- The re-offender grew paler seeing the headmaster choose a robuster rod.
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[edit] Derived terms
- grow on
- grow old
- grow out of
- grown-up
- grow up
- growed
- grower
- growth n
- growing pains
- growing point
- outgrow
- overgrow
[edit] Usage notes
Growed is a slang or dialect inflection for the simple past and past participle.
[edit] Translations
(intransitive) to become bigger
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(intransitive) to appear or sprout
(transitive) to cause something to become bigger
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[edit] References
- grow in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- grow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
