grew
pronunciation
How to pronounce grew in British English:
UK [ɡruː]
How to pronounce grew in American English:
US [ ɡruː]
Word Origin
- grew
- past tense of grow (v.), from Old English greow, past tense of growan.
Example
- 1. And the numbers of those practitioners grew quickly .
- 2. Resentment grew against gamal and his new ways of doing things .
- 3. Private consumption actually grew in the quarter after the tax increase .
- 4. As some countries grew in strength and resources they became more assertive and nationalistic .
- 5. The dutch built new jails as their prison population grew fast over the 20 years to 2005 .