grow

grow [grō]

vi.

grew, grown, growing [ME growen < OE growan, akin to ON grōa, OHG gruoen < IE base * ghrō-, to grow, turn green > GREEN, GRASS]

1. to come into being or be produced naturally; spring up; sprout

2. to exist as living vegetation; thrive [cactus grows in sand]

3. to increase in size and develop toward maturity, as a plant or animal does by assimilating food

4. to increase in size, quantity, or degree, or in some specified manner [to grow in wisdom]

5. to come to be; become [to grow weary]

6. to become attached or united by growth

vt.

1.

a) to cause to grow; raise; cultivate

b) to cause to develop or flourish [to grow a business]

2. to cover with a growth: used in the passive [a yard grown over with weeds]

3. to allow to grow [to grow a beard]

4. to cause to be or to exist; develop

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grow into

1. to develop so as to be [a boy grows into a man]

2. to grow or develop so as to fit into or be suited to

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grow on

Informal to have a gradually increasing effect on; come gradually to seem more important, dear, or admirable to

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grow out of

1. to develop from

2. to outgrow

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grow up

1. to reach maturity; become adult or attain full growth

2. to come to be; develop; arise

grower

n.