Grow
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grow¹
- /ˈɡɹəʊ/ UK
- /ˈɡɹɵ̞ʊ/ UK
- [ˈɡɾoː] Scotland
- /ˈɡɾou̯/
- /ˈɡɾoʊ̯/
- /ˈɡɾəu̯/
- /ˈɡɹoʊ/ Canadian, US, Standard
- /ˈɡɹɔʊ̯/ Canadian, US, Standard
- /ˈɡɹɜʊ̯/
- /ˈɡɹəʊ̯/
- /ˈɡɹɘʊ̯/
Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
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 Dutch groeien (“to grow”), German Low German grojen (“to green; thrive; take hold; flourish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gro (“to grow”), Faroese grógva (“to grow”), Icelandic gróa (“to grow”); also Latin grāmen (“grass, turf; herb, plant”), herba (“grass, herbage; weeds; plant”), Ukrainian гря́ний (hrjányj, “green”). Related to growth, grass, green.
verb grows · growing · grew · growed · grown
- To become larger, to increase in magnitude. Children grow quickly.
- To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere). Apples now grow all over the world.
- To appear or sprout. Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring.
- To develop, to mature. As I grew throughout adolescence, I came to appreciate many things about human nature.
- To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants. He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.
- To assume a condition or quality over time. Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, fall, wax
- To become attached or fixed; to adhere. Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
noun grows · growe
- An illicit cannabis farm.
Grow²
proper noun Grows
- A surname.
