verb
- Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become.
- usage: "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
- synonyms: turn
- Become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain.
- usage: "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
- Increase in size by natural process.
- usage: "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore"
- Cause to grow or develop.
- usage: "He grows vegetables in his backyard"
- Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation.
- usage: "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"
- Come into existence; take on form or shape.
- usage: "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"
- Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques.
- usage: "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"
- Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes. )
- usage: "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
- Grow emotionally or mature.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: develop
- Become attached by or as if by the process of growth.
- usage: "The tree trunks had grown together"
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