grow

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

increase

develop

cultivate

become

sprout

raise

rise

expand

plant

🌱

get

grow up

mature

wax

spring up

germinate

enlarge

flourish

breed

augment

swell

thrive

spread

accrue

prosper

multiply

progress

arise

produce

growth

extend

farm

spring

rear

happen

advance

get bigger

bring up

come about

maturate

ripen

cluster

go

be

turn

branch out

originate

shoot

shoot forth

stem

proliferate

Translations

crecer

grandir

wachsen

croître

crescere

pousser

groeien

crescer

développer

coltivare

créixer

cultiver

devenir

augmenter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹəʊ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: growen

Inherited from Old English: grōwan

Cognate with Scots: grow

Cognate with Northern Frisian: grojen

Cognate with Western Frisian: groeie

Cognate with Dutch: groeien

Cognate with Middle High German: grüejen

Cognate with Danish: gro

Cognate with Norwegian: gro

Cognate with Swedish: gro

Cognate with Icelandic: gróa

Cognate with Latin: herba

Cognate with Swedish: gröda

Cognate with Northern Frisian: greyde

In summary

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.

Sentences

They grow in tufts .

However , the nascent tea industry of Nepal failed to grow .