grow

Verb

Verb Forms: grew, grown, growing, grows

• To increase in size, develop, or cultivate plants.
• pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
• become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain
• increase in size by natural process
  • "Corn doesn't grow here"
  • "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"
  • "her hair doesn't grow much anymore"
• cause to grow or develop
  • "He grows vegetables in his backyard"
• develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
• come into existence; take on form or shape
• cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
  • "We grow wheat here"
• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
• grow emotionally or mature
• become attached by or as if by the process of growth
  • "The tree trunks had grown together"
• To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
• To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)
• To appear or sprout.
• To develop, to mature.
• To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
• To assume a condition or quality over time.
• To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

Examples

• A good Scrabble strategy will GROW over time as you learn more words.
• A long tail began to grow from his backside.
• Apples now grow all over the world.
• As I grew throughout adolescence, I came to appreciate many things about human nature.
• Children grow quickly.
• Have you ever grown your hair before?
• He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.
• Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring.
• My cares grew less (and less) until they evanesced completely.
• The boy grew wise as he matured.
• You have grown strong.

Synonyms

acquire, arise, develop, farm, get, maturate, mature, originate, produce, raise, rise, spring up, turn, uprise, become#Verb, go, range, wax

Antonyms

shrink

Related Words

GROWABLE