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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Grow \Grow\ (gr[=o]), v. i. [imp. Grew (gr[udd]); p. p. Grown
(gr[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Growing.] [AS. gr[=o]wan; akin
to D. groeijen, Icel. gr[=o]a, Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf.
Green, Grass.]
1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to
increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter
into the living organism; -- said of animals and
vegetables and their organs.
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2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to
be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.
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Winter began to grow fast on. --Knolles.
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Even just the sum that I do owe to you
Is growing to me by Antipholus. --Shak.
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3. To spring up and come to maturity in a natural way; to be
produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice
grows in warm countries.
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Where law faileth, error groweth. --Gower.
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4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect
from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.
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For his mind
Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary. --Byron.
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5. To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
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Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
--Shak.
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Growing cell, or Growing slide, a device for preserving
alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a
manner to permit its growth to be watched under the
microscope.
Grown over, covered with a growth.
To grow out of, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or
as a branch from the main stem; to result from.
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These wars have grown out of commercial
considerations. --A. Hamilton.
To grow up, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as,
grown up children.
To grow together, to close and adhere; to become united by
growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed. --Howells.
Syn: To become; increase; enlarge; augment; improve; expand;
extend.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Grow \Grow\, v. i. [imp. Grew; p. p. Grown ; p. pr. & vb. n.
Growing.] [AS. grawan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. groa,
Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf. Green, Grass.]
1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to
increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter
into the living organism; -- said of animals and
vegetables and their organs.
2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to
be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.
Winter began to grow fast on. --Knolles.
Even just the sum that I do owe to you Is growing to
me by Antipholus. --Shak.
3. To spring up and come to matturity in a natural way; to be
produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice
grows in warm countries.
Where law faileth, error groweth. --Gower.
4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect
from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.
For his mind Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary.
--Byron.
5. To become attached of fixed; to adhere.
Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
--Shak.
Growing cell, or Growing slide, a device for preserving
alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a
manner to permit its growth to be watched under the
microscope.
Grown over, covered with a growth.
To grow out of, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or
as a branch from the main stem; to result from.
These wars have grown out of commercial
considerations. --A. Hamilton.
To grow up, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as,
grown up children.
From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-nld ]
grown over /grounouvər/
begroeid
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