What does grow mean?

Definitions for grow
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word grow.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. turn, growverb

    pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

    "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"

  2. growverb

    become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain

    "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"

  3. growverb

    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"

  4. growverb

    cause to grow or develop

    "He grows vegetables in his backyard"

  5. mature, maturate, growverb

    develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation

    "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"

  6. originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, growverb

    come into existence; take on form or shape

    "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

  7. grow, raise, farm, produceverb

    cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques

    "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"

  8. grow, develop, produce, get, acquireverb

    come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

    "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"

  9. develop, growverb

    grow emotionally or mature

    "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"

  10. growverb

    become attached by or as if by the process of growth

    "The tree trunks had grown together"

Wiktionary

  1. growverb

    To become bigger.

    Children grow quickly.

  2. growverb

    To appear or sprout.

  3. growverb

    To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.

  4. growverb

    To assume a condition or quality over time.

  5. Etymology: From growen, from growan, from grōanan, from gʰreH₁-. Cognate with grow, grew, grojen, growen, Dutch groeien, grüejen, gro, gro, gro, herba, gröda, greyde. Related to growth, grass, green.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To GROWverb

    preter. grew; part. pass. grown.

    Etymology: growan , Saxon; groeyen, Dutch.

    It is not the growing of fruit that nourisheth man; but it is thy word which preserveth them. Wisd. xvi. 26.

    He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man. Ps. civ. 14.

    Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves. 2 Kings xix. 29.

    In this country groweth abundance of that wood, which since is brought into Europe to die red colours. George Abbot.

    A bag, that groweth in the fields, at the first is hard like a tennis-ball, and white; and after groweth of a mushroom-colour, and full of light dust. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

    But say, where grows the tree? from hence how far? John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ix.

    In colder regions men compose
    Poison with art; but here it grows. Edmund Waller.

    Those tow’rs of oak o’er fertile plains might go,
    And visit mountains where they once did grow. Edmund Waller.

    Children, like tender osiers, take the bow;
    And as they first are fashion’d, always grow. John Dryden, Juv.

    I long with all my heart to see the prince;
    I hope he is much grown since last I saw him. William Shakespeare, R. III.

    The poor man had nothing, save one little ew-lamb, which he had bought and reared up; and it grew up together with him and with his children. 2 Sa. xii. 3.

    Thine own things, and such as are grown up with thee, can’st thou not know. 2 Esdr. iv. 10.

    Now the prince groweth up fast to be a man, and is of a sweet and excellent disposition. Francis Bacon, Advice to Villiers.

    The main thing to be considered, in every action of a child, is how it will become him when he is bigger, and whither it will lead him when he is grown up. John Locke.

    We are brought into the world children, ignorant and impotent; and we grow up in vanity and folly. William Wake.

    They will seem not stuck into him, but growing out of him. John Dryden, Æn. Dedication.

    Bones, after full growth, continue at a stay: as for nails, they grow continually. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

    Then their numbers swell,
    And grow upon us. John Denham.

    Divisions grow upon us, by neglect of practick duties: as every age degenerated from primitive piety, they advanced in nice enquiries. Decay of Piety.

    Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 2 Pet. iii. 18.

    As he grew forward in years he was trained up to learning, under one Pronapides, who taught the Pelasgick letter invented by Linus. Alexander Pope, Essay on Homer.

    Nature, as it grows again towards earth,
    Is fashion’d for the journey dull and heavy. William Shakespeare.

    They doubted whereunto this would grow. Acts v. 24.

    The king, by this time, was grown to such an height of reputation for cunning and policy, that every accident and event that went well was laid and imputed to his foresight. Francis Bacon.

    But when to ripen’d manhood he shall grow,
    The greedy sailor shall the seas forego. John Dryden, Virgil.

    Verse, or the other harmony of prose, I have so long studied and practised, that they are grown into a habit, and become familiar to me. John Dryden, Fables, Preface.

    After they grew to rest upon number, rather competent than vast, they grew to advantages of place, cunning diversions, and the like; and they grew more skilful in the ordering of their battles. Francis Bacon, Essays.

    The trespasses of people are grown up to heaven, and their sins are got beyond all restraints of law and authority. John Rogers.

    Some seeing the end of their government nigh, and troublous practice growing up, which may work trouble to the next governour, will not attempt redress. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

    It was now the beginning of October, and Winter began to grow fast on: great rain, with terrible thunder and lightning, and mighty tempests, then fell abundantly. Richard Knolles.

    A good man’s fortune may grow out at heels. William Shakespeare.

    Hence, hence, and to some barbarous climate fly,
    Which only brutes in human form does yield,
    And man grows wild in nature’s common field. Dryden.

    The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright,
    Spent with the labour of so long a flight. Dryden.

    Patient of command
    In time he grew; and growing us’d to hand,
    He waited at his master’s board for food. John Dryden, Æn.

    We may trade and be busy, and grow poor by it, unless we regulate our expences. John Locke.

    You will grow a thing contemptible, unless you can supply the loss of beauty with more durable qualities. Jonathan Swift.

    Delos, by being reckoned a sacred place, grew to be a free port, where nations warring traded, as in a neutral country. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

    What will grow out of such errours, as masked under the cloak of divine authority, impossible it is that ever the wit of man should imagine, ’till time have brought forth the fruits of them. Richard Hooker.

    Shall we set light by that custom of reading, from whence so precious a benefit hath grown? Richard Hooker, b. v.

    Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the king. Ez. iv. 22.

    Scipio Nasica feared lest, if the dread of that enemy were taken away, the Romans would grow either to idleness or civil dissention. George Abbot.

    The want of trade in Ireland proceeds from the want of people; and this is not grown from any ill qualities of the climate or air, but chiefly from so many wars. William Temple.

    Ev’n just the sum that I do owe to you,
    Is growing to me by Antipholis. William Shakespeare, Com. of Errours.

    Honour and policy, like unsever’d friends,
    I’ th’ war do grow together. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

    The frog’s mouth grows up, and he continues so for at least six months without eating. Izaak Walton, Angler.

    In burnings and scaldings the fingers would many times grow together: the chin would grow to the breast, and the arms to the sides, were they not hindered. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

    Mariners are used to the tumbling and rolling of ships from side to side, when the sea is never so little grown. Walter Raleigh.

ChatGPT

  1. grow

    The general definition of "grow" is to increase in size, quantity, or intensity over a period of time. It can refer to various aspects including physical growth, such as the increase in size of a living organism, or metaphorical growth, such as personal development or the expansion of a business.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Growverb

    to increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs

  2. Growverb

    to increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue

  3. Growverb

    to spring up and come to matturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries

  4. Growverb

    to pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale

  5. Growverb

    to become attached of fixed; to adhere

  6. Growverb

    to cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Grow

    grō, v.i. to become enlarged by a natural process: to advance towards maturity: to increase in size: to develop: to become greater in any way: to extend: to improve: to pass from one state to another: to become.—v.t. to cause to grow: to cultivate:—pa.t. grew (grōō); pa.p. grown.—ns. Grow′er; Grow′ing; Growth, a growing: gradual increase: progress: development: that which has grown: product.—Grow on, to gain in the estimation of; Grow out of, to issue from, result from: to pass beyond in development, to give up; Grow to, to advance to; Grow together, to become united by growth; Grow up, to advance in growth, become full-grown; to take root, spring up. [A.S. grówan; Ice. gróa; conn. with green.]

Editors Contribution

  1. grow

    To change in height

    Animals and humans grow at a moderate rate from childhood to adulthood


    Submitted by MaryC on May 22, 2021  


  2. grow

    To change or develop.

    Plants grow easily in the garden.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  


  3. grow

    To cultivate

    Its a joy to grow our food and flowers to share with the neighbours


    Submitted by MaryC on May 22, 2021  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. GROW

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Grow is ranked #6474 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Grow surname appeared 5,246 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Grow.

    93.6% or 4,910 total occurrences were White.
    2.5% or 131 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.5% or 83 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.2% or 64 total occurrences were Black.
    0.6% or 36 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.4% or 22 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'grow' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1981

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'grow' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1512

  3. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'grow' in Verbs Frequency: #122

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of grow in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of grow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of grow in a Sentence

  1. President Obama:

    The purpose of legal immigration should be to grow the economy, not displace American workers, under no circumstances should legal immigration levels be adjusted upwards so long as work-force participation rates remain below historical levels.

  2. Michael Feroli:

    Overall the report is good news insofar as it suggests the economy still has some capacity to grow at an above-trend pace without generating much inflationary pressure, similarly, it should ease the concerns of the hawks (at the Fed) who worry that the Fed's rate hike campaign is behind the curve.

  3. Jan Hoffmann:

    The average vessel size per country will continue to grow and so we expect there will be fewer companies in individual markets, and this is an increasing challenge for the smallest players.

  4. Sam Nunn:

    If the dozens of countries interested in nuclear energy also choose to pursue uranium enrichment, the risk of proliferation of dangerous nuclear materials and weapons would grow beyond the tipping point. This has been our experience with Iran.

  5. United States:

    We shall not narrow-mindedly exclude United States chips. We shall grow together. But when there is a supply shortage, we have a backup.

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