grew

Meaning

1. (form-of, past) simple past of grow
2. (colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past) past participle of grow

grow

1. (ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
2. (ergative) 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.
6. (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
7. (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

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Translations

see grow

crebbe

wuchs

crûrent

poussèrent

crescita

pass. di to grow

groeide

groeiden

نمى

crecida

ακμάζω

cru

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹuː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: grew

Inherited from Old English: grēow

In summary

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.

Sentences

As his reputation grew , job offers did as well .

He grew strawberries , so you would not like it .

Buchanan grew up in the Victorian town of Colac, west of Melbourne .