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growed

growed is the simple past and past participle of grow.

Meaning of grow

Verb

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

  1. (ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
    • Children grow quickly.
  2. (ergative) To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere).
    • Apples now grow all over the world.
    Synonyms:
    range
  3. (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
    • Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring.
  4. (intransitive) To develop, to mature.
    • As I grew throughout adolescence, I came to appreciate many things about human nature.
  5. (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
    • He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.
  6. (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
    • Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, fall, wax
    Synonyms:
    become, get, go, turn, come, fall, wax

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Words that rhyme with growed

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Questions about growed

What is growed the simple past and past participle of?
Growed is the simple past and past participle of grow.

Words near growed in the dictionary

  1. growbox
  2. growboxes
  3. Growden
  4. Growdens
  5. growe
  6. growed
  7. growed-up
  8. growed-ups
  9. Growee
  10. growen
  11. grower

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