grow

UK/ˈɡɹəʊ/

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Scotland[ˈɡɾoː]

grow verb: to become larger, to increase in magnitude.

Verb

grow (third-person singular simple present grows, present participle growing, simple past grew or (dialectal) growed, past participle grown or (dialectal) growed)

(ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
- Children grow quickly.
- [...] but the dangers to trespassers, especially children, are growing, and a vigorous educational programme is urged.1960 December, “Talking of trains: B.R. safety in 1959”, in Trains Illustrated, page 708
(ergative) To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere).
- Apples now grow all over the world.
Synonyms:

range
(intransitive) To appear or sprout.
- Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring.
- A long tail began to grow from his backside.
(intransitive) To develop, to mature.
- As I grew throughout adolescence, I came to appreciate many things about human nature.
(transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
- He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.
- Have you ever grown your hair before?
(copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
- Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, fall, wax
- The boy grew wise as he matured.
Synonyms:

become, get, go, turn, come, fall, wax
(intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
- Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...

Noun

grow (plural grows)

An illicit cannabis farm.

Proper noun capitalized: Grow

Grow (plural Grows)

A surname.

grow meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

grow in Hindi

(intransitive) to become bigger: बढ़ना baṛhnā
(intransitive) to appear or sprout: उगना ugnā, उभरना ubharnā
(transitive) to cause something to become bigger: उपजना upajnā

grow in Tamil

(intransitive) to become bigger: வளர் vaḷar
(intransitive) to appear or sprout: முளை muḷai
(transitive) to cause something to become bigger: வளர்த்து vaḷarttu
to assume a condition or quality: ஆ ā, ஆகு āku

grow in Marathi

(intransitive) to become bigger: वाढणे vāḍhṇe
(intransitive) to appear or sprout: उगणे ugṇe
(transitive) to cause something to become bigger: वाढवणे vāḍhavṇe

grow in Urdu

(intransitive) to become bigger: بڑهنا baṛhnā

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grow in Bengali: বাড়া baṛa
grow in Telugu: పెరుగు perugu, వర్ధిల్లు vardhillu
grow in Malayalam: വളരുക vaḷaruka, കിളിർക്കുക kiḷiṟkkuka, മൂക്കുക mūkkuka, ഉണ്ടാകുക uṇṭākuka
grow in Kannada: ಬೆಳೆ beḷe
grow in Punjabi: ਵਧਣਾ vadhṇā
grow in Gujarati: ઊગવું ūgavũ, આવવું āvvũ
grow in Odia: ବଢ଼ିବା
grow in Sanskrit: रोधति rodhati, वक्षति vakṣati
grow in Assamese: বাঢ়া barha, বঢ়া borha, গজা goza
grow in Nepali: उम्रनु umranu, पाल्नु pālnu
grow in Tagalog: lumaki
grow in Arabic: نَمَى namā, كَبُرَ kabura
grow in Malay: tumbuh, besarkan
grow in Persian: رشد کردن rošd kardan, رستن rostan, روییدن ruyidan, رویاندن ruyândan
grow in Thai: โต dtoo, โตขึ้น dtoo-kʉ̂n, งอก ngɔ̂ɔk, เพาะ pɔ́
grow in Vietnamese: lớn, lớn lên, mọc, nuôi lớn
grow in Myanmar: ကြီးထွား kri:htwa:

Examples of grow in a sentence

You have grown strong.
The Bush administration – which sought to grow the number of fisheries managed under a program known as “catch shares”...2011 March 1, Peter Roff, “Another Foolish Move By Congress”, in Fox News:
In fact she was so bus doing all the things that anyone might, who finds themselves alone in an empty house, that she did not notice at first when it began to turn dusk and the rooms to grow dim.1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 18:

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Synonyms of grow

Antonyms

shrink

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Forms of grow

Verb
third-person singular present	grows
present participle	growing
past	grew
past participle	grown
past (dialectal)	growed
past participle (dialectal)	growed
alternative form (archaic)	growe
Noun
plural	grows
Proper noun
plural	Grows

Past tense of grow: grew

Origin of grow

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.

Words formed from grow

Words that rhyme with grow

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Questions about grow

What does grow mean?: Grow means to become larger, to increase in magnitude.
What is grow in Hindi?: Grow in Hindi is बढ़ना (baṛhnā), उगना (ugnā), उभरना (ubharnā). See Grow meaning in Hindi.
How do you use grow in a sentence?: You have grown strong.
What part of speech is grow?: Grow can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce grow?: Grow is pronounced /ˈɡɹəʊ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of grow?: The past tense of grow is grew.

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