a-growingadv.adj.

Brit.

/əˈɡrəʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/əˈɡroʊɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.¹, growing n.

Etymology: < a prep.¹ + growing n.

Now archaic.

In or into the process of growing. Also as adj.: growing.

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1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. Q2^v They have in Spaine..a Crucifixe, whose haire and nailes fall agrowing..as in a dead man executed.

1785 W. Marshall Planting & Ornamental Gardening 255 In April following, the plants should be taken out of the pots..to set them a-growing.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 54/2 At the latter end of March, if it's fine,..there's flower roots in—‘all a-growing’, you know.

1883 M. E. Gellie Dolly Dear xvii. 155 Now let us run out and look at the flowers and the trees all agrowing and ablowing.

1986 Irish Press June 14 9/7 Simone Weil's charisma is forty years a-growing and will certainly be given media coverage in the decades to come.

2001 S. A. Barney in K. M. Hewett-Smith William Langland's Piers Plowman 103 Marlowe's mighty line took a long time agrowing, and developed from the tradition in which Chaucer worked.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	a-growing
释义	a-growingadv.adj. Brit. /əˈɡrəʊɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈɡroʊɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.¹, growing n. Etymology: < a prep.¹ + growing n. Now archaic. In or into the process of growing. Also as adj.: growing. ΚΠ 1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. Q2^v They have in Spaine..a Crucifixe, whose haire and nailes fall agrowing..as in a dead man executed. 1785 W. Marshall Planting & Ornamental Gardening 255 In April following, the plants should be taken out of the pots..to set them a-growing. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 54/2 At the latter end of March, if it's fine,..there's flower roots in—‘all a-growing’, you know. 1883 M. E. Gellie Dolly Dear xvii. 155 Now let us run out and look at the flowers and the trees all agrowing and ablowing. 1986 Irish Press June 14 9/7 Simone Weil's charisma is forty years a-growing and will certainly be given media coverage in the decades to come. 2001 S. A. Barney in K. M. Hewett-Smith William Langland's Piers Plowman 103 Marlowe's mighty line took a long time agrowing, and developed from the tradition in which Chaucer worked. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.adj.1605
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