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English Definitions
grow
V
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
grow
V
become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain
grow
V
increase in size by natural process
grow
V
cause to grow or develop
grow
V
develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
grow
V
come into existence; take on form or shape
grow
V
cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
grow
V
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
grow
V
grow emotionally or mature
grow
V
become attached by or as if by the process of growth
grow up
V
become an adult
N
someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
growing
N
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
growing
N
(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
growing
relating to or suitable for growth
N
pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth
growing pains
N
emotional distress arising during adolescence
growing pains
N
problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages)
N
the season during which a crop grows best
N
the sound of growling (as made by animals)
growl
V
to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
N
a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl
growler
N
a small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping
N
a gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal)
growling
N
the sound of growling (as made by animals)
grown
(of animals) fully developed
N
a fully developed person from maturity onward
grownup
(of animals) fully developed
N
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
growth
N
a progression from simpler to more complex forms
growth
N
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
growth
N
vegetation that has grown
growth
N
the gradual beginning or coming forth
growth
N
(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
growth
N
something grown or growing
N
a protein that is involved in cell differentiation and growth
N
a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans
N
a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body
N
an industry that is growing rapidly
N
the rate of increase in size per unit time
N
(botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone
N
an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow
N
stock of a corporation that has had faster than average gains in earnings and is expected to continue to
N
severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
English Definitions from WordNet 3.0
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