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What (who) is grow - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Grow (song); Grow (disambiguation); GROW
grow
(grows, growing, grew, grown)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
When people, animals, and plants grow, they increase in size and change physically over a period of time.
We stop growing at maturity.
VERB: V
2.
If a plant or tree grows in a particular place, it is alive there.
The station had roses growing at each end of the platform.
VERB: V
3.
If you grow a particular type of plant, you put seeds or young plants in the ground and look after them as they develop.
I always grow a few red onions...
VERB: V n
4.
When someone's hair grows, it gradually becomes longer. Your nails also grow.
Then the hair began to grow again and I felt terrific.
VERB: V
5.
If someone grows their hair, or grows a beard or moustache, they stop cutting their hair or shaving so that their hair becomes longer. You can also grow your nails.
I'd better start growing my hair.
VERB: V n
6.
If someone grows mentally, they change and develop in character or attitude.
They began to grow as persons.
VERB: V
7.
You use grow to say that someone or something gradually changes until they have a new quality, feeling, or attitude.
I grew a little afraid of the guy next door...
He grew to love his work.
V-LINK: V adj, V to-inf
8.
If an amount, feeling, or problem grows, it becomes greater or more intense.
Opposition grew and the government agreed to negotiate.
...a growing number of immigrants.
VERB: V, V-ing
9.
If one thing grows into another, it develops or changes until it becomes that thing.
The boys grew into men...
This political row threatens to grow into a full blown crisis.
VERB: V into n, V into n
10.
If something such as an idea or a plan grows out of something else, it develops from it.
The idea for this book grew out of conversations with Philippa Brewster.
VERB: V out of n
11.
If the economy or a business grows, it increases in wealth, size, or importance. (BUSINESS)
The economy continues to grow.
...a fast growing business.
VERB: V, V-ing
12.
If someone grows a business, they take actions that will cause it to increase in wealth, size, or importance. (BUSINESS)
To grow the business, he needs to develop management expertise and innovation across his team.
VERB: V n
13.
If a crystal grows, or if a scientist grows it, it forms from a solution.
...crystals that grow in cavities in the rock...
We tried to grow some copper sulphate crystals with our children.
VERB: V, V n
14.
see also grown
grow
I. v. n.
1.
Enlarge, increase, expand, swell, extend, be augmented, become (by degrees) greater or larger.
2.
Vegetate, sprout, germinate, shoot, bourgeon, pullulate, put forth, shoot up, spring up.
3.
Advance, improve, wax, extend, swell, make progress, make improvement.
4.
Become, wax, come to be, get to be.
5.
Adhere, become attached, get fastened.
II. v. a.
Raise, produce, cultivate.
grow
v.
1) (d; intr.) ('to develop') to grow from (oaks grow from acorns)
2) (d; intr.) ('to develop') to grow into (the small shop grew into a large firm)
3) (colloq.) (d; intr.) to grow on ('to become likable') (the strange new sculpture just grows on you)
4) (d; intr.) to grow out of ('to become too large for') (the children grew out of their clothes)
5) (d; intr.) ('to develop') to grow out of (the city grew out of a small village)
6) (d; intr.) ('to develop') to grow to (to grow to adulthood; to grow to one's full height)
7) (E) ('to begin') we grew to love them
8) (s) ('to become') to grow longer; old; older; taller (in the autumn/fall the days grow longer)
USAGE NOTE: The verb grow 'to become' often suggests a gradual process rather than a sudden change. Compare to grow cold (gradually) and to turn cold (suddenly).
Wikipedia
Grow
Grow or GROW may refer to:
- Growth (disambiguation), an increase in some quantity over time or a measure of some principal
- GROW model, a technique for problem solving or goal setting
- Graphical ROMable Object Windows, a windowing system that was developed into the MarioNet split web browser
Examples of use of grow
1. Population density will grow, the percentage of the population living in urban centers will grow, and the middle class is expected to grow.
2. When you reach that goal, stop, or the hole may grow and grow.
3. Grow houses typically grow marijuana hydroponically – that is, using a nutrient solution instead of soil.
4. "During the second half, the violence started to grow and grow and become more severe.
5. With each engagement, Iraqi soldiers grow more battle–hardened and their officers grow more experienced.