growan

English

Etymology

Compare Armorican grouan gravel, Cornish grow gravel, sand.

Noun

growan (plural growans)

1. (UK, mining) A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, become green”), Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁-, *g(')herə- (“to grow, grow green”). Cognate with Old Frisian grōwa (“to grow”), Middle Dutch groeyen, grōyen (Dutch groeien, “to grow”), Old High German gruoen (“to grow, thrive, flourish”), Old Norse grōa (“to grow, become green”), Old English græs (“grass”), Old English grēne (“green”). More at grass, green.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡroːwan/

Verb

grōwan (strong class VII)

1. (of plants) to grow

Conjugation

Conjugation of growan (strong class VII)

indicative	present	preterite
1st-person singular	grōwo	grēow
2nd-person singular	grēwst	grēowe
3rd-person singular	grēwþ	grēow
plural	grōwaþ	grēowon
subjunctive	present	preterite
singular	grōwe	grēowe
plural	grōwen	grēowen
imperative
singular	grōw(e)
plural	grōwaþ
participle	present	past
	grōwende	grōwen

Derived terms

• English: grow