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growest

growest is the second-person singular simple present indicative 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

See all 9 meanings of grow

Origin of growest

grow + -est

Questions about growest

What is growest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Growest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of grow.

Words near growest in the dictionary

  1. grower
  2. groweries
  3. growers
  4. growery
  5. growes
  6. growest
  7. groweth
  8. growhouse
  9. growhouses
  10. growin'
  11. growing

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