grow
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōan, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”).
Cognates
Cognate with Dutch groeien (“to grow”), German Low German grojen (“to green; thrive; take hold; flourish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gro (“to grow”), Faroese grógva (“to grow”), Icelandic gróa (“to grow”); also Latin grāmen (“grass, turf; herb, plant”), herba (“grass, herbage; weeds; plant”), Ukrainian гря́ний (hrjányj, “green”). Related to growth, grass, green.
Inflected forms:
form: grows
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: growing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: grew
pos: verb
tags: past
form: growed
pos: verb
tags: dialectal
past
form: grown
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: growed
pos: verb
tags: dialectal
participle
past
form: growe
pos: verb
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
pos: verb
tags: ergative
examples: Children grow quickly.
[...] but the dangers to trespassers, especially children, are growing, and a vigorous educational programme is urged.
gloss: To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)
pos: verb
tags: ergative
examples: Apples now grow all over the world.
gloss: To appear or sprout.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring.
A long tail began to grow from his backside.
gloss: To develop, to mature.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: As I grew throughout adolescence, I came to appreciate many things about human nature.
gloss: To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.
Have you ever grown your hair before?
The Bush administration – which sought to grow the number of fisheries managed under a program known as “catch shares”...
And — again to overgeneralize from my experience — users may not want a second Twitter either. I was a heavy Twitter user for over a decade. I loved it until I didn’t. I made connections, grew a following, floated ideas, had fun. But it also became a second, often angry, voice inside my head. Do I want to replace it with another one?
gloss: To assume a condition or quality over time.
pos: verb
tags: copulative
examples: Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, fall, wax
The boy grew wise as he matured.
My cares grew less (and less) until they evanesced completely.
You have grown strong.
In fact she was so bus doing all the things that anyone might, who finds themselves alone in an empty house, that she did not notice at first when it began to turn dusk and the rooms to grow dim.
gloss: To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
examples: Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
Antonyms: shrink
Derived words: absence makes the heart grow fonder
Babygro
degrow
edgrow
ever-growing
fast-growing
forgrow
fungus-growing ant
great oaks from little acorns grow
growability
growable
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grow a pair
grow apart
grow a set
grow a tail
grow away from
growbag
grow box
grow cold
growed
grower
growery
grow house
growing media
growing moon
growing pains
growing point
growing teratoma syndrome
grow into
grow light
grow like a weed
growmore
grown-up
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grow op
grow-op
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grow out
grow out of
grow room
growsome
grow some balls
grow some skin
growstones
growth
grow up
hear the grass grow
ingrow
intergrow
kneegrow
laugh and grow fat
let the grass grow round one's feet
let the grass grow under one's feet
low-growing
mighty oaks from little acorns grow
misgrow
money doesn't grow on trees
not grow on trees
outgrow
overgrow
regrow
tall oaks from little acorns grow
the fox may grow grey but never good
undergrow
ungrow
upgrow
watch grass grow
Translations:
lang: Acehnese
word: timoh
lang: Aklanon
word: tubo'
lang: Albanian
word: rritje
lang: Southern Altai
word: ӧс
roman: ös
lang: Southern Altai
word: ӧзӧр
roman: özör
lang: Arabic
word: نَمَى
roman: namā
lang: Arabic
word: كَبُرَ
roman: kabura
lang: Arabic
word: كبر
roman: kibir
lang: Aragonese
word: creixer
lang: Armenian
word: մեծանալ
roman: mecanal
lang: Armenian
word: աճել
roman: ačel
lang: Aromanian
word: crescu
lang: Assamese
word: বাঢ়া
roman: barha
lang: Assamese
word: বঢ়া
roman: borha
lang: Asturian
word: crecer
lang: Azerbaijani
word: böyümək
lang: Bashkir
word: үҫеү
roman: üśew
lang: Bashkir
word: буйға етеү
roman: buyğa yetew
lang: Belarusian
word: расці́
roman: rascí
lang: Bhojpuri
word: बढ़ल
roman: baṛhal
lang: Central Bikol
word: talubo
lang: Borôro
word: ridʒo
lang: Borôro
word: ritʃo
lang: Bulgarian
word: раста́
roman: rastá
lang: Burmese
word: ကြီးထွား
roman: kri:htwa:
lang: Catalan
word: créixer
lang: Cebuano
word: tubo
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᏛᏍᎦ
roman: advsga
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 發 /发
roman: buók
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 生長 /生长
roman: shēngzhǎng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 長 /长
roman: zhǎng
lang: Cornish
word: tevi
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: ösmek
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: büyümek
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: yetişmek
lang: Czech
word: růst
lang: Old Czech
word: rósti
lang: Dalmatian
word: craskro
lang: Danish
word: vokse
lang: Danish
word: udvikle sig
lang: Dutch
word: groeien
lang: Dutch
word: wassen
lang: Esperanto
word: kreski
lang: Estonian
word: kasvama
lang: Evenki
word: балды-
roman: baldi-
lang: Extremaduran
word: crezel
lang: Faroese
word: vaksa
lang: Faroese
word: grógva
lang: Finnish
word: kasvaa
lang: French
word: grandir
lang: French
word: croître
lang: West-Frisian
word: waakse
lang: Friulian
word: cressi
lang: Friulian
word: creši
lang: Galician
word: crecer
lang: Galician
word: medrar
lang: Georgian
word: იზრდება
roman: izrdeba
lang: German
word: wachsen
lang: Old High German
word: gruowan
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽
roman: alan
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽
roman: aukan
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽
roman: wahsjan
lang: Greek
word: μεγαλώνω
roman: megalóno
lang: Haitian Creole
word: grandi
lang: Hebrew
word: גָּדַל
roman: gadál
lang: Hindi
word: बढ़ना
roman: baṛhnā
lang: Hungarian
word: nő
lang: Hunsrik
word: wachse
lang: Icelandic
word: vaxa
lang: Icelandic
word: gróa
lang: Ido
word: kreskar
lang: Ido
word: augmentar
lang: Ingrian
word: kasvaa
lang: Ingrian
word: yletä
lang: Interlingua
word: crescer
lang: Irish
word: fás
lang: Istriot
word: crìssi
lang: Italian
word: crescere
lang: Italian
word: ingrossarsi
lang: Italian
word: svilupparsi
lang: Japanese
word: 成長する
roman: seichō suru
lang: Japanese
word: 生長する
roman: seichō suru
lang: Japanese
word: 育つ
roman: sodatsu
lang: Japanese
word: 生える
roman: haeru
lang: Japanese
word: 増大する
roman: sōdai suru
lang: Old Javanese
word: tuwuh
lang: Kaitag
word: бикӏа́ра
roman: biḳára
lang: Karachay-Balkar
word: ёсерге
roman: öserge
lang: Karaim
word: öś-
lang: Kazakh
word: өсу
roman: ösu
lang: Khakas
word: ӧс-
roman: ös-
lang: Khakas
word: ӧзерге
roman: özerge
lang: Khmer
word: ធំឡើង
roman: thom laəng
lang: Khmer
word: ធំធាត់
roman: thom thŏət
lang: Korean
word: 자라다
roman: jarada
lang: Kumyk
word: оьсмек
roman: ösmek
lang: Central Kurdish
word: گەورەبوون
roman: gewrebûn
lang: Kyrgyz
word: өсүү
roman: ösüü
lang: Ladino
word: engrandeser
lang: Latin
word: cresco
lang: Latin
word: adolesco
lang: Latin
word: grandesco
lang: Latvian
word: augt
lang: Lithuanian
word: augti
lang: Lombard
word: cress
lang: Low German
word: wassen
lang: Macedonian
word: расте
roman: raste
lang: Malay
word: tumbuh
lang: Western Bukidnon Manobo
word: tuvu'
lang: Mansaka
word: tobo
lang: Māori
word: ohi
lang: Māori
word: tipu
lang: Māori
word: tupu
lang: Maranao
word: to'
lang: Marathi
word: वाढणे
roman: vāḍhṇe
lang: Megleno-Romanian
word: cresc
lang: Middle English
word: thryven
lang: Middle English
word: waxen
lang: Mongolian
word: өсөх
roman: ösöx
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠥᠰᠬᠦ
roman: öskü
lang: Nanai
word: урэ-
roman: ure-
lang: Neapolitan
word: cresce
lang: Nogai
word: оьсуьв
roman: ösüv
lang: Norwegian
word: vokse
lang: Occitan
word: créisser
lang: Old English
word: weaxan
lang: Old English
word: lēodan
lang: Persian
word: رشد کردن
roman: rošd kardan
lang: Persian
word: رستن
roman: rostan
lang: Polish
word: rosnąć
lang: Polish
word: urosnąć
lang: Portuguese
word: crescer
lang: Punjabi
word: ਵਧਣਾ
roman: vadhṇā
lang: Quechua
word: wiñay
lang: Quechua
word: ruruy
lang: Quechua
word: wiñai
lang: Romanian
word: crește
lang: Russian
word: расти́
roman: rastí
lang: Russian
word: выраста́ть
roman: vyrastátʹ
lang: Russian
word: вы́расти
roman: výrasti
lang: Sanskrit
word: रोधति
roman: rodhati
lang: Sanskrit
word: वक्षति
roman: vakṣati
lang: Sardinian
word: crèschere
lang: Sardinian
word: crèscere
lang: Sardinian
word: creschi
lang: Sardinian
word: crèsciri
lang: Sardinian
word: crèssere
lang: Sardinian
word: cresci
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: fàs
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cinn
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ра̑сти
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: rȃsti
lang: Sicilian
word: crìsciri
lang: Slovak
word: rásť
lang: Slovene
word: rasti
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: rosć
lang: Spanish
word: crecer
lang: Swedish
word: växa
lang: Tagalog
word: lumaki
lang: Tajik
word: расидан
roman: rasidan
lang: Tajik
word: сабзидан
roman: sabzidan
lang: Tamil
word: வளர்
roman: vaḷar
lang: Tetum
word: moris
lang: Thai
word: โต
roman: dtoo
lang: Thai
word: โตขึ้น
roman: dtoo-kʉ̂n
lang: Tocharian B
word: tsäm-
lang: Tofa
word: өъс-
roman: ö̀s-
lang: Tofa
word: өъсер
roman: ö̀ser
lang: Turkish
word: büyümek
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: ایریلشمك
roman: irileşmek
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: بالابانلانمق
roman: balabanlanmak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: آرتمق
roman: artmak
lang: Turkmen
word: ösdürmek
lang: Tuvan
word: өзер
roman: özer
lang: Ukrainian
word: рости́
roman: rostý
lang: Ukrainian
word: ви́рости
roman: výrosty
lang: Urdu
word: بڑهنا
roman: baṛhnā
lang: Uyghur
word: ئۆسمەك
roman: ösmek
lang: Uzbek
word: oʻsmoq
lang: Venetan
word: créser
lang: Venetan
word: crésar
lang: Vietnamese
word: lớn
lang: Vietnamese
word: lớn lên
lang: Volapük
word: glofön
lang: Walloon
word: crexhe
lang: Welsh
word: tyfu
lang: Yiddish
word: וואַקסן
roman: vaksn
lang: Zazaki
word: gırd bıyayen