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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 out of vb (+: preposition) to become too big or mature for: she soon grew out of her girlish ways. grow out of
grow out of (something)1. Literally, to emerge from a particular area or container, as of a plant. I can't believe that flowers are growing out of that rocky soil.2. To no longer be able to fit into an article of clothing because one has grown taller or gained weight. This phrase is often applied to children. The baby has already grown out of her infant onesies.3. To no longer do something because one has aged or matured. I thought she would have grown out of temper tantrums by now.4. To emerge or develop from something. My novel grew out of a short story I'd written as a kid. Can you believe their fistfight grew out of a tense exchange in the check-out line?See also: grow, of, outgrow out of something 1. Lit. to develop and grow outward from something. Soft green shoots grew out of the trunk of the tree. A bush grew out of the gutter and hung down the front of the house. 2. Lit. to age out of something; to outgrow something; to abandon something as one matures. Finally, Ted grew out of his bedwetting. Haven't you grown out of your fear of the dark yet? 3. Lit. to grow so much that some article of clothing does not fit. Timmy's getting so tall that he's grown out of all his clothes. He grew out of his suit, and he's only worn it three times. 4. Fig. [for a problem] to develop from something less serious. This whole matter grew out of your failure to let the cat out last night. A big argument has grown out of a tiny disagreement!See also: grow, of, outgrow out of1. Develop or come into existence from. For example, This article grew out of a few scribbled notes, or Their mutual trust grew out of long acquaintance. 2. Also, outgrow. Become too large or mature for, as in The baby's grown out of all her dresses, or He will outgrow these picture books in a few months. See also: grow, of, out grow out of To develop or come into existence from: an article that grew out of a few scribbled notes.See also: grow, of, outThesaurusSeegrow |