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grow up
grow G0288000 (grō)v. grew (gro͞o), grown (grōn), grow·ing, grows v.intr.1. To increase in size by a natural process.2. a. To expand; gain: The business grew under new owners.b. To increase in amount or degree; intensify: The suspense grew.3. To develop and reach maturity.4. To be capable of growth; thrive: a plant that grows in shade.5. To become attached by or as if by the process of growth: tree trunks that had grown together.6. To come into existence from a source; spring up: love that grew from friendship.7. To come to be by a gradual process or by degrees; become: grow angry; grow closer.v.tr.1. To cause to grow; raise: grow tulips.2. To allow (something) to develop or increase by a natural process: grow a beard.3. Usage Problem To cause to increase or expand by concerted effort: strategies that grew the family business.Phrasal Verbs: grow into1. To develop so as to become: A boy grows into a man.2. To develop or change so as to fit: She grew into her job. He grew into the relationship slowly. grow on (or upon)1. To become gradually more evident to: A feeling of distrust grew on me.2. To become gradually more pleasurable or acceptable to: a taste that grows on a person. grow up To become an adult.Idiom: grow out of To develop or come into existence from: an article that grew out of a few scribbled notes.
[Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan; see ghrē- in Indo-European roots.]
grow′er n.grow′ing·ly adv.Usage Note: Grow is most often used as an intransitive verb, as in The corn grew fast or Our business has been growing steadily for 10 years. This use dates back to the Middle Ages. In the 1700s, a transitive sense arose with the meaning "to produce or cultivate," as in We grow corn in our garden. Then, starting in the late 1900s, people began to use grow with a nonliving thing or even an abstraction as the direct object, often in the context of politics or business, as in One of our key strategies is to grow our business by increasing the number of clients. This trend was widely criticized. In 1992, only 20 percent of the Usage Panel accepted the sentence above, and only 48 percent accepted We've got to grow our way out of this recession. These usages remain common, however, and resistance to them has lessened: in 2014, 60 percent of the Panel accepted the grow our business sentence, and 65 percent accepted the grow our way out of the recession sentence. But Panelists strongly frown upon the phrase grow down, probably because it seems oxymoronic: 96 percent of the Panel found it unacceptable.grow up vb (intr, adverb) 1. to reach maturity; become adult2. to come into existence; developThesaurus| Verb | 1. | grow up - become an adultmaturate, mature, grow - develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"come of age - reach a certain age that marks a transition to maturity |
Translationsgrow (grəu) – past tense grew (gruː) : past participle grown – verb1. (of plants) to develop. Carrots grow well in this soil. 生長 生长2. to become bigger, longer etc. My hair has grown too long; Our friendship grew as time went on. 長大 长大3. to cause or allow to grow. He has grown a beard. 使長出 使留长，蓄长 4. (with into) to change into, in becoming mature. Your daughter has grown into a beautiful woman. 長成 长成5. to become. It's growing dark. 變成 渐渐变得ˈgrower noun a person who grows (plants etc). a tomato-grower. 種植者 种植者grown adjective adult. a grown man; fully grown. 成年人 成年的，成熟的 growth (-θ) noun1. the act or process of growing, increasing, developing etc. the growth of trade unionism. 成長 生长，发展，成长 2. something that has grown. a week's growth of beard. 長出物 生长物，长成物，产物 3. the amount by which something grows. to measure the growth of a plant. 生長程度 生长量4. something unwanted which grows. a cancerous growth. 贅生物(如:瘤) 瘤，赘生物 ˈgrown-ˈup noun an adult. 成年人 成年人grown-up adjective mature; adult; fully grown. Her children are grown up now; a grown-up daughter. 長大的， 成熟的 长大的，成熟的 grow on to gradually become liked. I didn't like the painting at first, but it has grown on me. 漸漸讓人喜愛 渐渐使人爱好grow up to become an adult. I'm going to be an engine-driver when I grow up. 長大 长大grow up
grow up1. verb To become older and more mature; to progress toward adulthood. When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut Growing up with three older brothers probably did a lot to shape my personality.2. verb To arise or emerge. Protests have grown up all across the nation in response to that incident.3. expression An imperative to be more mature, typically directed at someone exhibiting what the speaker considers to be extremely immature behavior. Oh, grow up and take some responsibility for your actions. Ugh, you guys are so immature! Grow up!See also: grow, upgrow upto become mature; to become adult. All the children have grown up and the parents are left with a lot of debts.See also: grow, upgrow up1. Become an adult, as in Sam wants to be a policeman when he grows up. [First half of 1500s] 2. Come into existence, arise, as in Similar social problems grew up in all the big cities. [Late 1500s] 3. Become mature or sensible, as in It's time you grew up and faced the facts. This usage may also be in the form of an imperative (as in Don't bite your nails-grow up!) [Mid-1900s] See also: grow, upgrow upv. To become an adult: I want to be a teacher when I grow up.See also: grow, upSee GU
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Words related to grow upverb become an adultRelated Words- maturate
- mature
- grow
- come of age
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