grow

Meaning

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

get bigger

shoot forth

increase in size

become old

grow tall

make progress

let grow

become larger

be raised

be augmented

add to

grow old

come to be

be brought up

be made

bourgeon

change into

cut teeth

develop into

get rich

grow again

grow big

increase up

turn green

turn yellow

become an adult

wear beard

stuff into

be self-reliant

become wise

become longer

be big

engaged in farming

grow tree crops

chang to

grow back

pullate

become boring

so swell

burgeon forth

become big

sprout leaves

be born and bred

added to

become rich

become wider

be located

blossom forth

come into being

devolve

enhance

full size

menstruate

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹəʊ/

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.

Cognate with Dutch

groeien

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