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growing

  • /ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ/ US
  • /ˈɡɹəʊɪŋ/ UK

Rhymes with -əʊɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of grow

noun growings

  1. countable, uncountable Growth; increase. Some of these unhappy emigrants felt a general sinking of all their mental and bodily energies, without, however, experiencing the growings of hunger.
  2. countable, uncountable The raising of plants. The growing season here begins in March.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: growth, increasing, development, thriving, flourishing, healthy, maturation, ontogeny, ontogenesis, increase, increasingly, increment, enlarging, mounting, heightened, expand

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noun growth; increase

Españolcrecimiento
中文增長 /增长 zēngzhǎng, 增加 zēngjiā
Portuguêscrescente, crescimento
DeutschWachstum
Italianocrescita

noun raising of plants

中文種植 /种植 zhòngzhí, 栽培 zāipéi
DeutschWachstums-

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"growing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/growing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

growing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/growing

Chicago

"growing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/growing.

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@misc{growing_2026,
  title = {growing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/growing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}