grow
pronunciation
How to pronounce grow in British English:
UK [ɡrəʊ]
How to pronounce grow in American English:
US [ɡroʊ]
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- Verb:
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain
- increase in size by natural process
- cause to grow or develop
- develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- grow emotionally or mature
- become attached by or as if by the process of growth
Word Origin
- grow
- grow: [OE] Grow comes from a prehistoric Germanic base *grō-, which also produced Dutch groeien ‘grow’ and English grass and green. Latin grāmen ‘grass’ may indicate connections outside Germanic, but this is not certain.=> grass, green
- grow (v.)
- Old English growan (of plants) "to flourish, increase, develop, get bigger" (class VII strong verb; past tense greow, past participle growen), from Proto-Germanic *gro- (cognates: Old Norse groa "to grow" (of vegetation), Old Frisian groia, Dutch groeien, Old High German gruoen), from PIE root *ghre- "to grow, become green" (see grass). Applied in Middle English to human beings (c. 1300) and animals (early 15c.) and their parts, supplanting Old English weaxan (see wax (v.)) in the general sense of "to increase." Transitive sense "cause to grow" is from 1774. To grow on "gain in the estimation of" is from 1712. Have you ever heard anything about God, Topsy? ... Do you know who made you?" "Nobody, as I knows on," said the child. ... "I spect I grow'd. Don't think nobody never made me." [Harriet B. Stowe, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 1851]
Example
- 1. So , facebook ( fb ) knows how to grow .
- 2. But the question is can facebook grow its already 900 million strong user base ?
- 3. Space to grow cocoa is limited ; it only thrives in equatorial climates .
- 4. Mobile shopping , already popular , should grow faster with faster speeds .
- 5. The entire ecosystem continues to grow and flourish .