growing

Verb

present participle and gerund of grow

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) growth; increase
2. (countable, uncountable) The raising of plants.

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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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ/

Synonyms

increasing

growth

developing

development

thriving

rising

maturing

expanding

cultivation

crescent

advance

ontogeny

ontogenesis

soaring

shooting forth

spreading

maturation

gardening

germination

gestation

grow

grown

grow up

grumble

grumbling

increase

incremental

making

progress

progressive

propagated

prosperous

raising

rearing

snarl

standing

strong

successive

swelling

vegetation

waxing

widen

increscent

juvenescence

springing up

auxetic

auxesis

crescive

branching out

accretion

Translations

crecimiento

croissant

culture

grandissant

creciente

groeiend

crescente

cultivo

creciendo

cría

🧒

wachsend

anbauendes

croissance

maduració

creixent

Sentences

Maybe the church , with the sycamore growing from within , had been haunted .

It is an evergreen coniferous tree growing to tall .

His growing independence alarmed both Basil Lekapenos and Phokas.