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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishgrowen, fromOld Englishgrōwan(“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), fromProto-West Germanic*grōan, fromProto-Germanic*grōaną(“to grow, grow green”), fromProto-Indo-European*gʰreh₁-(“to grow, become green”).

Cognates

Cognate withScotsgrow,grew(“to grow”),North Frisiangrojen,growen(“to grow”),West Frisiangroeie(“to grow”),Dutchgroeien(“to grow”),German Low Germangrojen(“to green; thrive; take hold; flourish”),Middle High Germangrüejen(“to grow, grow green”),Danishgro(“to grow”),Norwegiangro(“to grow”),Swedishgro(“to germinate, grow, sprout”),Icelandicgróa(“to grow”),Latinherba(“plant, herb, weed”),Swedishgröda(“crop”),North Frisiangreyde(“growth, pasture”). Related togrowth,grass,green.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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grow (third-person singular simple presentgrows,present participlegrowing,simple pastgrewor(dialectal)growed,past participlegrownor(dialectal)growed)

  1. (ergative) Tobecomelarger, toincrease inmagnitude.
    Childrengrow quickly.
    • 1960 December, “Talking of trains: B.R. safety in 1959”, inTrains Illustrated, page708:
      [...] but the dangers to trespassers, especially children, aregrowing, and a vigorous educational programme is urged.
  2. (ergative, of plants) Toundergogrowth; tobepresent(somewhere)
    Synonym:range(flora)
    Apples nowgrow all over the world.
  3. (intransitive) Toappear orsprout.
    Leaf budsgrew on the trees with the advance of spring.
    A long tail began togrow from his backside.
  4. (intransitive) Todevelop, tomature.
    As Igrew throughout adolescence, I came to appreciate many things about human nature.
  5. (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially tocultivate plants.
    Hegrows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.
    Have you evergrown your hair before?
    • 2011 March 1, Peter Roff, “Another Foolish Move By Congress”, inFox News‎[1]:
      The Bush administration – which sought togrow the number of fisheries managed under a program known as “catch shares”...
    • 2023 July 10,James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, inThe New York Times‎[2]:
      And — again to overgeneralize from my experience — users may not want a second Twitter either. I was a heavy Twitter user for over a decade. I loved it until I didn’t. I made connections,grew a following, floated ideas, had fun. But it also became a second, often angry, voice inside my head. Do I want to replace it with another one?
    • For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:grow.
  7. (copulative) Toassume a condition or quality over time.
    Synonyms:become,get,go,turn,come,fall,wax
    The boygrew wise as he matured.
    My caresgrew less (and less) until they evanesced completely.
    You havegrown strong.
    • 1967,Barbara Sleigh,Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published1993,→ISBN, page18:
      In fact she was so bus doing all the things that anyone might, who finds themselves alone in an empty house, that she did not notice at first when it began to turn dusk and the roomsto grow dim.
    • For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:grow.
  8. (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

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Derived terms

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Translations

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(intransitive) to become bigger
(intransitive) to appear or sprout
(transitive) to cause something to become bigger
to assume a condition or quality
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References

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  • “grow”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.

Cornish

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Etymology

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FromOld Cornishgrou, fromProto-Brythonic*grọw, fromProto-Celtic*grāwā. Cognate withGaulish*growa (whenceEnglishgravel via Old French), andWelshgro.

Noun

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grow (collective,singulativegrowen f)

  1. gravel

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation ofgrow
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixedmixed after 'th
growrowunchangedkrowunchangedunchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle English

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Verb

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grow

  1. alternative form ofgrowen
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