English Explanatory Dictionary

grow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
  2. To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)
  3. To appear or sprout.
  4. To develop, to mature.
  5. To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
  6. To assume a condition or quality over time.
  7. To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɹəʊ/ /ˈɡɹɵ̞ʊ/ [ˈɡɾoː] /ˈɡɾou̯/ /ˈɡɾoʊ̯/ /ˈɡɾəu̯/ /ˈɡɹoʊ/ /ˈɡɹɔʊ̯/ en-us-grow.ogg /ˈɡɹɜʊ̯/ /ˈɡɹɘʊ̯/

Word forms

grow grows growing grew growed grown growe

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

range become get go turn come fall wax

Antonyms

shrink

Derived words

absence makes the heart grow fonder Babygro degrow edgrow ever-growing fast-growing forgrow fungus-growing ant great oaks from little acorns grow growability growable grow a custom grow a pair grow apart grow a set grow a tail grow away from growbag grow box grow cold growed grower growery grow house growing media growing moon growing pains growing point growing teratoma syndrome grow into grow light grow like a weed growmore grown-up grow on grow op grow-op grow operation grow out grow out of grow room growsome grow some balls grow some skin growstones growth grow up hear the grass grow ingrow intergrow kneegrow laugh and grow fat let the grass grow round one's feet let the grass grow under one's feet low-growing mighty oaks from little acorns grow misgrow money doesn't grow on trees not grow on trees outgrow

Translations

Acehnese: timoh Aklanon: tubo' Albanian: rritje Southern Altai: ӧс Southern Altai: ӧзӧр Arabic: نَمَى Arabic: كَبُرَ Arabic: كبر Aragonese: creixer Armenian: մեծանալ Armenian: աճել Aromanian: crescu Assamese: বাঢ়া Assamese: বঢ়া Asturian: crecer Azerbaijani: böyümək Bashkir: үҫеү Bashkir: буйға етеү Belarusian: расці́ Bhojpuri: बढ़ल Central Bikol: talubo Borôro: ridʒo Borôro: ritʃo Bulgarian: раста́ Burmese: ကြီးထွား Catalan: créixer Cebuano: tubo Cherokee: ᎠᏛᏍᎦ Eastern Min Chinese: 發 /发 Chinese Mandarin: 生長 /生长 Chinese Mandarin: 長 /长 Cornish: tevi Crimean Tatar: ösmek Crimean Tatar: büyümek Crimean Tatar: yetişmek Czech: růst Old Czech: rósti Dalmatian: craskro Danish: vokse Danish: udvikle sig Dutch: groeien Dutch: wassen Esperanto: kreski Estonian: kasvama Evenki: балды- Extremaduran: crezel Faroese: vaksa Faroese: grógva Finnish: kasvaa French: grandir French: croître West-Frisian: waakse Friulian: cressi Friulian: creši Galician: crecer Galician: medrar
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