grow
/ˈɡɹoʊ/ verb A1- To become larger, to increase in magnitude. · Children grow quickly.
- To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere). · Apples now grow all over the world. The tallest trees grow to about 30 feet.
- To appear or sprout. · Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring.· A long tail began to grow from his backside.
- To develop, to mature. · As I grew throughout adolescence, I came to appreciate many things about human nature.
- To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants. · He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.· Have you ever grown your hair before?
- To assume a condition or quality over time. · Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, fall, wax· The boy grew wise as he matured.
He/she/it grows · Past grew · Past participle grown · -ing form growing
Verb forms
- Base form
- grow
- He/she/it
- grows
- Past
- grew
- Past participle
- grown
- -ing form
- growing
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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And the water grew so deep that the long poles would not touch the bottom.
But after a time he became more at ease, and presently Toto and the Cowardly Lion had grown to be good friends.
It was a bit of good luck to have their new comrade join the party, for soon after they had begun their journey again they came to a place where the trees and branches grew so thick over the road that the travelers could not pass.
When I grew up, I too became a wood-chopper, and after my father died I took care of my old mother as long as she lived.
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