grow

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English

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡɹəʊ/, [ˈɡ̊ɹʷəʊ̯]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡɹoʊ/, [ˈɡ̊ɻʷoʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Verb

grow (third-person singular simple present grows, present participle growing, simple past grew or (dialectal) growed, past participle grown or (dialectal) growed)

1. (ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
2. (ergative, of plants) To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)

3. (intransitive) To appear or sprout.

4. (intransitive) To develop, to mature.

5. (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
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6. (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
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7. (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
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Antonyms

• shrink

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “grow”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Middle English

Verb

grow

1. Alternative form of growen