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growing cold

growing cold is the present participle and gerund of grow cold.

Meaning of grow cold

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To wane; to lose interest or enthusiasm for something or someone; to become disenchanted or to fall out of love with someone.
    • Men grow cold as girls grow old / And we all lose our charms in the end.1949, Jule Styne, Leo Robin, “Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend”

Questions about growing cold

What is growing cold the present participle and gerund of?
Growing cold is the present participle and gerund of grow cold.

Words near growing cold in the dictionary

  1. growing a pair
  2. growing a set
  3. growing a tail
  4. growing apart
  5. growing away from
  6. growing cold
  7. growing into
  8. growing like a weed
  9. growing media
  10. growing moon
  11. growing moons

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