grow /grō/

1. To have life
2. To have a habitat
3. To become enlarged by a natural process
4. To advance towards maturity
5. To increase in size
6. To tend in a certain direction while growing
7. To develop
8. To become greater in any way
9. To extend
10. To pass from one state to another
11. To become
12. To come by degrees (to love, like, hate, etc)

1. To cause or allow to grow
2. To produce or to cultivate
3. (in passive) to cover with growth

growˈable adjective

growˈer noun

growˈing noun

1. The action of the verb
2. The production of semiconductor crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state

grown adjective

(sometimes in combination) having reached full, or a certain degree of, growth, as in full-grown, half-grown

growth noun

1. A growing
2. Gradual increase
3. Progress, development
4. That which has grown
5. A diseased, abnormal formation
6. Increase in value

Characterized by or experiencing growth, esp economic growth

growthˈist noun

A person who is committed to or who is an advocate of growth, esp economic growth (also adjective)

growˈ-bag or sometimes growˈing-bag noun

A large plastic bag containing compost in which seeds can be germinated and plants grown to full size

growing pains plural noun

1. Neuralgic pains sometimes experienced in growing children
2. Initial problems in the establishment and running of an enterprise, etc

growˈing-point noun (botany)

The meristem at the apex of an axis, where active cell division occurs and differentiation of tissues begins

grownˈ-junction noun

A semiconductor junction produced by changing the types and amounts of acceptor and donor impurities added during growing

grownˈ-up noun and adjective

(an) adult

growth area noun (business and marketing)

A region with rapidly increasing industrial and commercial activity, usu resulting from incentives offered to employers

growth factor noun (biology)

Any substance that influences the growth of an organism or cell

growth hormone noun

1. A hormone secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, that promotes growth in vertebrates
2. Any of several natural or artificial substances that promote growth in plants

growth industry noun

An industry or branch of industry which is developing and expanding (also figurative)

growth market noun (marketing)

A market in which demand for a product is greatly increasing

growthˈ-orientated adjective

Providing increased capital rather than high income

growth promoter noun

1. Any of various substances which promote growth in plants, such as cytokinin
2. Any of various hormonal substances used to boost the fattening of livestock

growth ring noun

A recognizable increment of wood in a cross-section of a branch or trunk, usu but not necessarily an annual ring

growth-share matrix noun (marketing)

A diagrammatic analysis of a company's portfolio of businesses, arranged according to their rate of market growth and their relative market share

growth stock noun

Stock invested for its capital value rather than its yield in dividends

growth substance noun

One of a number of substances (sometimes called plant hormones) formed in plants or synthetically, that at low concentrations have specific effects on plant growth or development

grow into

To grow big enough to fill comfortably

grow like Topsy (informal)

1. Simply to grow, apparently from nothing (as Topsy in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin assumed she did)
2. (loosely) to grow in a random, indiscriminate or unplanned way

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• do the business