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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grow \Grow\, v. t. To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco. --Macaulay. Syn: To raise; to cultivate. See {Raise}, v. t., 3. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grow \Grow\, v. i. [imp. {Grew}; p. p. {Grown ; p. pr & vb n. {Growing}.] [AS. grawan; akin to D. groeijen Icel. groa, Dan. groe, Sw gro. Cf {Green}, {Grass}.] 1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs. 2. To increase in any way to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue. Winter began to grow fast on --Knolles. Even just the sum that I do owe to you Is growing to me by Antipholus --Shak. 3. To spring up and come to matturity in a natural way to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as rice grows in warm countries. Where law faileth error groweth --Gower. 4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause to become as to grow pale. For his mind Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary. --Byron. 5. To become attached of fixed; to adhere. Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow. --Shak. {Growing cell}, or {Growing slide}, a device for preserving alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a manner to permit its growth to be watched under the microscope. {Grown over}, covered with a growth. {To grow out of}, to issue from as plants from the soil, or as a branch from the main stem; to result from These wars have grown out of commercial considerations. --A. Hamilton. {To grow up}, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as grown up children. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: grow v 1: pass into a condition gradually, become;"The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" [syn: {turn}] 2: become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast" 3: increase in size by natural process; of living matter, such as plants and animals; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees" 4: cause to grow or develop: "He grows vegetables in his backyard" 5: develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast" [syn: {mature}, {maturate}] 6: come into existence or develop: "A new religious movement originated in that country" "a love that sprang up from friendship," "the idea for the book grew out of a short story" [syn: {originate}, {arise}, {rise}, {develop}, {spring up}] 7: cultivate by growing; often involves improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" [syn: {raise}, {farm}, {produce}] 8: come to have of physical features and attributes; "He grew a beard"; The patient developed abdominal pains"; I got funny spots all over my body" [syn: {develop}, {produce}, {get}, {acquire}] 9: grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten" [syn: {develop}] 10: become attached by or as if by the process of growth; "The tree trunks had grown together"
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