[syn: develop, grow]
10. become attached by or as if by the process of growth;
- Example: "The tree trunks had grown together"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grow \Grow\ (gr[=o]), v. i. [imp. Grew (gr[udd]); p. p. Grown
(gr[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Growing.] [AS. gr[=o]wan; akin
to D. groeijen, Icel. gr[=o]a, 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.
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2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to
be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.
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Winter began to grow fast on. --Knolles.
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Even just the sum that I do owe to you
Is growing to me by Antipholus. --Shak.
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3. To spring up and come to maturity in a natural way; to be
produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice
grows in warm countries.
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Where law faileth, error groweth. --Gower.
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4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect
from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.
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For his mind
Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary. --Byron.
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5. To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
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Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
--Shak.
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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.
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These wars have grown out of commercial
considerations. --A. Hamilton.
To grow up, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as,
grown up children.
To grow together, to close and adhere; to become united by
growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed. --Howells.
Syn: To become; increase; enlarge; augment; improve; expand;
extend.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grow \Grow\ (gr[=o]), 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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
grow
v 1: pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific
property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty";
"She grew angry" [syn: turn, grow]
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; "Corn doesn't grow
here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees";
"her hair doesn't grow much anymore"
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,
grow]
6: come into existence; take on form or shape; "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"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" [syn: originate,
arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow]
7: cultivate by growing, often involving 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: grow, raise,
farm, produce]
8: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and
attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed
abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body";
"Well-developed breasts" [syn: grow, develop, produce,
get, acquire]
9: grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully
in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp,
the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old
adolescent behavior" [syn: develop, grow]
10: become attached by or as if by the process of growth; "The
tree trunks had grown together"