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- pronunciation:
- gro
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
grows, growing, grew, grown |
| definition 1: |
When something grows, it gets bigger. When a plant grows, it starts as a small living thing and gets bigger.
Babies grow fast in the first few weeks after they're born.
- antonyms:
- wane
- similar words:
- bloom, develop, mature, ripen, rise, swell
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| definition 2: |
When a plant grows, it lives. It stays healthy and doesn't die.
This kind of plant grows only in the shade.- synonyms:
- prosper
- similar words:
- advance, bud, develop, progress
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| definition 3: |
When a plant grows flowers, it produces them. If a tree grows a lot of branches, it puts out many branches.
Our apple trees are growing some beautiful fruit this year. |
| definition 4: |
When something grows from something else, it means that it comes from something else.
The principal's ideas about children grew from her experiences as a teacher.- synonyms:
- develop, evolve
- similar words:
- become, bloom, bud, rise, stem
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| definition 5: |
If you grow something, you plant it and help it stay alive and get bigger. Farmers grow things like corn, wheat, and potatoes.
We grew tomatoes in our garden last year.- synonyms:
- cultivate, produce, raise
- similar words:
- advance, breed, evolve, expand, extend, generate, mature, ripen, swell
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| definition 6: |
Grow sometimes means become or get. If we say the weather is growing cold, we mean that the weather is getting cold.
The kids on the hike grew very tired in the afternoon and needed to rest.- synonyms:
- become
- similar words:
- bud, evolve, get, go, progress
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| related words: |
age, build, develop, expand, stand |
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