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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Grew \Grew\ (gr[udd]), imp. of {Grow}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Grow \Grow\ (gr[=o]), verb (used without an object) [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.
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 maturity 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 or 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.
{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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
grew See {grow}
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
grow
verb
1: pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; 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; "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; 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}]
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: {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: {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}]
10: become attached by or as if by the process of growth; "The tree trunks had grown together" [also: {grown}, {grew}]
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