grow

Bedeutung

1. To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
2. To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)
3. To appear or sprout.
4. To develop, to mature.
5. To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
6. To assume a condition or quality over time.
7. (obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ɡɹəʊ/

Etymologie

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 Scots grow, grew (“to grow”), North Frisian grojen, growen (“to grow”), West Frisian groeie (“to grow”), Dutch groeien (“to grow”), German Low German grojen (“to green; thrive; take hold; flourish”), Middle High German grüejen (“to grow, grow green”), Danish gro (“to grow”), Norwegian gro (“to grow”), Swedish gro (“to germinate, grow, sprout”), Icelandic gróa (“to grow”), Latin herba (“plant, herb, weed”), Swedish gröda (“crop”), North Frisian greyde (“growth, pasture”). Related to growth, grass, green.