Definitions for GROW
groʊgrow

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To GROWverb

   preter. grew; part. pass. grown.

   Etymology: growan , Saxon; groeyen, Dutch.

   1. To vegetate; to have vegetable motion; to increase by vegetation.

   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.

   2. To be produced by vegetation.

   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.

   3. To shoot in any particular form.

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

   4. To increase in stature.

   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.

   5. To come to manhood from infancy.

   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.

   6. To issue, as plants from a soil, or as branches from the main trunk.

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

   7. To increase in bulk; to become greater, or more numerous.

   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.

   8. To improve; to make progress.

   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.

   9. To advance to any state.

   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.

   10. To come by degrees; to reach any state gradually.

   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.

   11. To come forward; to gather ground.

   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.

   12. To be changed from one state to another; to become either better or worse; to turn.

   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.

   13. To proceed as from a cause.

   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.

   14. To accrue; to be forthcoming.

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

   15. To adhere; to stick together.

   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.

   16. To swell: a sea term.

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

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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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1. grow

   The grow symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the grow symbol and its characteristic.

2. GROW

   What does GROW stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the GROW acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Matched Categories

1. • Agriculture
   • Change
   • Cultivate
   • Develop
   • Increase

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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How to pronounce GROW?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say GROW in sign language?

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. Katherine Lamparyk:

   The vast majority of mental health problems are treatable and have a very favorable prognosis, especially if caught early before they become more severe and cause subsequent problems, with psychotherapy and/or medication therapy( often both), adolescents absolutely can grow up to succeed in school and later employment.

2. Prime Minister David Cameron:

   You can boil down all of my negotiations to one word: flexibility. Is this organization flexible enough to make sure that countries inside the eurozone can grow and succeed, and countries outside the eurozone like Britain can find what they need as well, if it's flexible enough, we'll stay. If it's not flexible enough we'll have to ask ourselves a very profound question: is this organization for us?

3. Pete ButtigiegPete Buttigieg:

   I had an opportunity to work on those things at a place known for being very strong at it and for the kind of training that helps educate for that, and it felt like the missing piece of my education, i wasn't sure consulting was going to be for me for the long term. But I knew that I could grow and do that, and I do think it's, it could be distinguishing relative to people have no business experience at a time where we got to demonstrate that you can be progressive, pro-labor and reasonably knowledgeable about business too.

4. Vicente Ortiz:

   Until 2007, our plan was sell, sell and grow. But in 2008, we saw we had to quickly get the balance sheet under control.

5. Jitu Virwani:

   Even if we have to put all that money (Rs. 4000 crore)... to grow WeWork India, we will continue.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=GROW
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Grow
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=GROW
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GROW
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=GROW
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=GROW