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单词 grow
释义 grow
\ˈgrō\ verb
(grew \ˈgrü\ ; also dialect growed \ˈgrōd\ ; grown \ˈgrōn\ ; also dialect growed ; growing ; grows)
Etymology: Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan; akin to Old High German gruoen, gruowan to grow, Old Norse grōa
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to spring up and come to maturity : have vegetal or animal life : exist as a living organism or one of its parts in a specified place : exist as native : thrive
  < some plants will not grow in sandy soils >
  < the mosquitoes … grow in the swamps and marshy areas — Morris Fishbein >
  < unsightly hair grows on his face >
  < immense beds of oysters grow in the harbor — Joseph Mitchell >
  < rice grows in warm countries >
 b. : to issue or become attached by or as if by a process of natural growth
  < depicted with wings growing from his shoulders >
  < a plant growing out of a rock >
  < the vines grew together, concealing the naked stone >
2.
 a. : to develop by natural processes: as
  (1) : to increase in size or substance by assimilation of new matter into the living organism
   < the tree grew to an immense size >
   < the child stopped growing at an early age >
  (2) : to increase in size by a natural inorganic process whereby material is added to the surface in such a way as to continue the established regular or periodic structure
   < crystals, as well as plants, grow — E.S.Dana >
 b. : to increase in any way : expand, gain
  < the wealth and power of the republic grew >
  < the city grew by leaps and bounds >
  < the saw making the woodpile grow — Meridel Le Sueur >
  < grows in wisdom >
 specifically : to advance intellectually or morally
  < at 90 he is still growing and helping others to grow — H.A.Larrabee >
  < the subject should enable … the college student to grow on several levels — Marion F. Stewart >
3.
 a. : result, originate
  < a lot of important business connections have grown from friendships between our wives and wives of executives of other companies — W.H.Whyte >
  — usually used with out
  < a smile of polite incredulity which grew out of … ignorance — H.J.Laski >
 b. : to come into existence : become established : arise
  < the original settlement … had grown on the Canberra site — H.W.H.King >
  — often used with up
  < a wicked practice had grown up >
  < a troublesome situation has grown up >
4.
 a. : to pass by degrees into a state or condition : come to be : develop by degrees : become
  < grew pale at the sight >
  < have grown to like her >
  < grew bald >
  < the amount of land per person is growing constantly less — W.P.Webb >
  < his cold grew into pneumonia >
 b. obsolete : to come gradually or by degrees
  < grow this to what adverse issue it can, I will put it in practice — Shakespeare >
 c.
  (1) : to obtain an increasing influence or command — used with on or upon
   < a bad habit grows on a man >
  (2) obsolete : presume
  (3) : to gain steadily in interest or attraction or in one's affection or estimation
   < this seemingly artless music … grows and grows the more we listen — Roland Gelatt >
   < his poetry grows in one's mind — Delmore Schwartz >
   — usually used with on or upon
   < her looks were the kind that grow on a man — Fred Majdalany >
5. of a ship's cable : to stretch out : tend, lead
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to cause to grow : cultivate, produce
  < grow a crop >
  < grow wheat >
  < grow calves >
  < this cheese was grown … in Nottinghamshire — Joyce Warren >
  < Algeria grows good wines — A.J.Liebling >
 b. : to let grow on the body : develop on the body
  < decided to grow a beard >
  < this prehistoric animal grew a thick protective covering >
2. : to cover or surround with vegetation of a specified kind
 < all grown up to … bushes and grass — Dorothy C. Fisher >
 < grown up with cottonwood and birch — Corey Ford >
 < the house that was … grown about with weeds — Donn Byrne >
3. : develop 7
 < grows a craving to tell the world what he thinks of it — Spectator >

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