growing

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹəʊɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ

Verb

growing

1. present participle and gerund of grow

Noun

growing (countable and uncountable, plural growings)

1. growth; increase
   • 1852, Henry Howe, Historical Collections of the Great West:

     Some of these unhappy emigrants felt a general sinking of all their mental and bodily energies, without, however, experiencing the growings of hunger.

2. The raising of plants.

   The growing season here begins in March.

Derived terms

• evergrowing
• fastgrowing
• fruitgrowing
• fruit-growing
• growing pains
• growing season

 

Translations

growth; increase

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: kasvu (fi)
• Georgian: ზრდა (zrda)
• German: Wachstum (de) n
• Irish: fás m
• Italian: crescita (it)
• Portuguese: crescente (pt), crescimento (pt)
• Spanish: crecimiento (es) m

connected with growing

• Bulgarian: отгле́ждане (bg) n (otgléždane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: kasvu- (fi), kasvava (fi)
• German: Wachstums-
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

References

• “growing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “growing”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “growing”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “growing”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.