English Online Dictionary. What means grew? What does grew mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɹuː/, /ɡɹuʊ̯/
- Rhymes: -uː
Etymology 1
From Middle English grew, from Old English grēow (first and third person past tense of grōwan), from West Germanic *greu, from Northwest Germanic *grerō, from Proto-Germanic *gegrō (first and third person past tense of *grōaną), reduplication of *grōaną.
Verb
grew
- simple past of grow
- (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of grow
Etymology 2
Verb
grew (third-person singular simple present grews, present participle grewing, simple past and past participle grewed)
- Alternative form of grue (“shudder with fear”)