grow

  • 31grow — verb past tense grew /grU:/ past participle grown 1 PERSON/ANIMAL (I) to become bigger and develop over a period of time: How you ve grown since the last time I saw you! | grow 2 inches/5cm etc: Stan grew two inches in six months. | growing… …

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  • 32grow — verb 1 increase ADVERB ▪ fast, quickly, rapidly ▪ considerably, dramatically, significantly, substantially ▪ slowly …

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  • 33grow — [[t]gro͟ʊ[/t]] ♦ grows, growing, grew, grown 1) VERB When people, animals, and plants grow, they increase in size and change physically over a period of time. We stop growing at maturity. 2) VERB If a plant or tree grows in a particular place, it …

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  • 34grow — [c]/groʊ / (say groh) verb (grew, grown, growing) –verb (i) 1. to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance. 2. to arise or issue as from a germ, stock, or… …

  • 35grow*/*/*/ — [grəʊ] (past tense grew [gruː] ; past participle grown [grəʊn] ) verb 1) if children, animals, or plants grow, they become taller She must have grown at least four inches since I saw her last.[/ex] a fully grown lion[/ex] Some of these creatures… …

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  • 36grow — [[t]groʊ[/t]] v. grew, grown, grow•ing 1) dvl to increase in size by a natural process of development 2) to come into being and develop: a plant that grows wild here[/ex] 3) cry to form and increase in size by a process of inorganic accretion, as …

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  • 37grow —   Ulu, ho oulu, kupu;    ♦ grow wild and lush, uluāhewa, uluāo a, kupuohi, pūhuli, oha;    ♦ grow easily, wild, ulu wale;    ♦ grow thriftily, kā aha aha, ōuouo;    ♦ grow fast, ulu āwīwī, kikī holo, ahuahu;    ♦ grow by layering, kākiwi;    ♦… …

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  • 38grow — growable, adj. /groh/, v., grew, grown, growing. v.i. 1. to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance. 2. to form and increase in size by a process of inorganic… …

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  • 39grow — v. (past grew; past part. grown) 1 intr. increase in size, height, quantity, degree, or in any way regarded as measurable (e.g. authority or reputation) (often foll. by in: grew in stature). 2 intr. a develop or exist as a living plant or natural …

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  • 40grow — verb (grew; grown; growing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grōwan; akin to Old High German gruowan to grow Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to spring up and develop to maturity b. to be able to grow in some place or… …

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