From Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōan, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”).
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Cognate with Scots grow, grew (“to grow”), North Frisian grojen, growen (“to grow”), West Frisian groeie (“to grow”), Dutch groeien (“to grow”), German Low German grojen (“to green; thrive; take hold; flourish”), Middle High German grüejen (“to grow, grow green”), Danish gro (“to grow”), Norwegian gro (“to grow”), Swedish gro (“to germinate, grow, sprout”), Icelandic gróa (“to grow”), Latin herba (“plant, herb, weed”), Swedish gröda (“crop”), North Frisian greyde (“growth, pasture”). Related to growth, grass, green.
grow (third-person singular simple present grows, present participle growing, simple past grew or (dialectal) growed, past participle grown or (dialectal) growed)
- (ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
Children grow quickly.
1960 December, “Talking of trains: B.R. safety in 1959”, in Trains Illustrated, page 708:[...] but the dangers to trespassers, especially children, are growing, and a vigorous educational programme is urged.
- (ergative, of plants) To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)
Apples now grow all over the world.
- (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring.
A long tail began to grow from his backside.
- (intransitive) To develop, to mature.
As I grew throughout adolescence, I came to appreciate many things about human nature.
- (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.
Have you ever grown your hair before?
2011 March 1, Peter Roff, “Another Foolish Move By Congress”, in Fox News[1]:The Bush administration – which sought to grow the number of fisheries managed under a program known as “catch shares”...
2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times[2]:And — again to overgeneralize from my experience — users may not want a second Twitter either. I was a heavy Twitter user for over a decade. I loved it until I didn’t. I made connections, grew a following, floated ideas, had fun. But it also became a second, often angry, voice inside my head. Do I want to replace it with another one?
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- (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
The boy grew wise as he matured.
The town grew smaller and smaller in the distance as we travelled.
You have grown strong.
1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 18:In fact she was so bus doing all the things that anyone might, who finds themselves alone in an empty house, that she did not notice at first when it began to turn dusk and the rooms to grow dim.
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- (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
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(intransitive) to become bigger
- Acehnese: timoh
- Aklanon: tubo'
- Arabic: نَمَى (namā), كَبُرَ (ar) (kabura)
- Egyptian Arabic: كبر (kibir)
- Aragonese: creixer
- Armenian: մեծանալ (hy) (mecanal), աճել (hy) (ačel)
- Aromanian: crescu
- Assamese:
- Central: বাঢ়া (barha)
- Eastern: বঢ়া (borha)
- Asturian: crecer
- Azerbaijani: böyümək (az)
- Bashkir: үҫеү (üśew) ,буйға етеү (buyğa yetew)
- Belarusian: расці́ impf (rascí)
- Bikol Central: talubo (bcl)
- Borôro: ridʒo, ritʃo
- Bulgarian: раста́ (bg) impf (rastá)
- Burmese: ကြီးထွား (my) (kri:htwa:)
- Catalan: créixer (ca)
- Cebuano: tubo
- Cherokee: ᎠᏛᏍᎦ (advsga)
- Chinese:
- Eastern Min: 發/发 (buók)
- Mandarin: 生長/生长 (zh) (shēngzhǎng), 長/长 (zh) (zhǎng)
- Cornish: tevi
- Crimean Tatar: ösmek, büyümek, yetişmek
- Czech: růst (cs) impf
- Dalmatian: craskro
- Danish: vokse (da), udvikle sig
- Dutch: groeien (nl), wassen (nl)
- Esperanto: kreski
- Estonian: kasvama
- Evenki: балды- (baldi-)
- Extremaduran: crezel
- Faroese: vaksa (fo), grógva
- Finnish: kasvaa (fi)
- French: grandir (fr), croître (fr)
- Friulian: cressi, creši
- Galician: crecer (gl), medrar (gl)
- Georgian: იზრდება (izrdeba)
- German: wachsen (de)
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽 (alan), 𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (aukan), 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wahsjan)
- Greek: μεγαλώνω (el) (megalóno)
- Haitian Creole: grandi
- Hebrew: גָּדַל (he) (gadál)
- Hindi: बढ़ना (hi) (baṛhnā)
- Hungarian: nő (hu)
- Hunsrik: wachse
- Icelandic: vaxa (is), gróa
- Ido: kreskar (io), augmentar (io)
- Ingrian: kasvaa, yletä
- Interlingua: crescer
- Irish: fás
- Istriot: crìssi
- Italian: crescere (it), ingrossarsi, svilupparsi (it)
- Japanese: 成長する (ja) (seichō suru), 生長する (ja) (seichō suru), 育つ (ja) (sodatsu), 生える (ja) (haeru), 増大する (ja) (sōdai suru)
- Karachay-Balkar: ёсерге (öserge)
- Karaim: öś-
- Kazakh: өсу (ösu)
- Khakas: ӧс- ,ӧзерге
- Khmer: ធំឡើង (thom laəng), ធំធាត់ (thom thŏət)
- Korean: 자라다 (ko) (jarada)
- Kumyk: оьсмек (ösmek)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: گەورەبوون (gewrebûn)
- Kyrgyz: өсүү (ky) (ösüü)
- Ladino: engrandeser
- Latin: cresco (la), adolesco, grandesco
- Latvian: augt (lv)
- Lithuanian: augti (lt)
- Lombard: cress
- Low German: wassen (nds)
- Macedonian: расте impf (raste)
- Malay: tumbuh (ms)
- Mansaka: tobo
- Maori: ohi (refers to children), tipu (refers to plants), tupu (mi) (refers to plants)
- Maranao: to'
- Marathi: वाढणे (mr) (vāḍhṇe)
- Megleno-Romanian: cresc
- Middle English: thryven, waxen
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: өсөх (mn) (ösöx)
- Mongolian: ᠥᠰᠬᠦ (öskü)
- Nanai: урэ- (ure-)
- Neapolitan: cresce
- Nogai: оьсуьв (ösüv)
- Norwegian: vokse (no)
- Occitan: créisser (oc)
- Old Czech: rósti impf
- Old English: weaxan, lēodan
- Old High German: gruowan
- Old Javanese: tuwuh
- Ottoman Turkish: ایریلشمك (irileşmek); آرتمق (artmak) (in amount or number)
- Persian: رشد کردن (fa) (rošd kardan), رستن (fa) (rostan)
- Polish: rosnąć (pl) impf
- Portuguese: crescer (pt)
- Punjabi: ਵਧਣਾ (vadhṇā)
- Quechua: wiñay, ruruy, wiñai
- Romanian: crește (ro)
- Russian: расти́ (ru) impf (rastí), выраста́ть (ru) impf (vyrastátʹ), вы́расти (ru) pf (výrasti)
- Sanskrit: रोधति (rodhati), वक्षति (vakṣati)
- Sardinian: crèschere, crèscere, creschi, crèsciri, crèssere, cresci
- Scottish Gaelic: fàs, cinn
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ра̑сти impf
- Roman: rȃsti (sh) impf
- Sicilian: crìsciri (scn)
- Slovak: rásť impf
- Slovene: rasti (sl) impf
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: rosć
- Southern Altai: ӧс (ös) ,ӧзӧр (özör)
- Spanish: crecer (es)
- Swedish: växa (sv)
- Tagalog: lumaki
- Tajik: расидан (rasidan), сабзидан (sabzidan)
- Tetum: moris
- Thai: โต (th) (dtoo), โตขึ้น (dtoo-kʉ̂n)
- Tocharian B: tsäm-
- Tofa: өъс- (ö̀s-), өъсер (ö̀ser)
- Turkish: büyümek (tr)
- Turkmen: ösdürmek
- Tuvan: өзер (özer)
- Ukrainian: рости́ (uk) impf (rostý), ви́рости pf (výrosty)
- Urdu: بڑهنا (baṛhnā)
- Uyghur: ئۆسمەك (ösmek)
- Uzbek: oʻsmoq (uz)
- Venetian: créser, crésar
- Vietnamese: lớn (vi), lớn lên
- Volapük: glofön (vo)
- Walloon: crexhe (wa)
- Welsh: tyfu (cy)
- West Frisian: waakse
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: tuvu'
- Yiddish: וואַקסן (vaksn)
- Zazaki: gırd bıyayen
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(intransitive) to appear or sprout
- Armenian: աճել (hy) (ačel)
- Assamese: গজা (goza)
- Azerbaijani: bitmək, yetişmək (az)
- Bulgarian: раста (bg) (rasta)
- Catalan: créixer (ca)
- Danish: vokse (da), gro, udvikle sig
- Dutch: groeien (nl), spruiten (nl), ontspruiten (nl)
- Esperanto: kreski
- Estonian: kasvama
- Finnish: kasvaa (fi)
- French: pousser (fr)
- Georgian: იზრდება (izrdeba)
- German: wachsen (de)
- Hindi: उगना (hi) (ugnā), उभरना (hi) (ubharnā)
- Hungarian: nő (hu), növekszik (hu)
- Ido: kreskar (io)
- Ingrian: kasvaa, noissa
- Irish: fás
- Italian: spuntare (it)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: دەرچوون (derçûn)
- Latin: cresco (la)
- Marathi: उगणे (ugṇe)
- Middle English: growen, waxen
- Old English: grōwan, weaxan
- Old High German: gruowan
- Persian: روییدن (fa) (ruyidan), رستن (fa) (rostan)
- Portuguese: crescer (pt)
- Quechua: yuriy
- Russian: расти́ (ru) impf (rastí), выраста́ть (ru) impf (vyrastátʹ), вы́расти (ru) pf (výrasti)
- Sanskrit: रोधति (rodhati)
- Scottish Gaelic: fàs
- Spanish: crecer (es)
- Swedish: växa (sv)
- Thai: งอก (th) (ngɔ̂ɔk)
- Ukrainian: рости́ (uk) impf (rostý), зроста́ти (uk) impf (zrostáty), вироста́ти impf (vyrostáty)
- Vietnamese: mọc (vi)
- Zazaki: resayen
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(transitive) to cause something to become bigger
- Armenian: մեծացնել (hy) (mecacʻnel), աճեցնել (hy) (ačecʻnel)
- Azerbaijani: yetişdirmək (az), becərmək
- Belarusian: расці́ць impf (rascícʹ), выро́шчваць impf (vyróščvacʹ)
- Bulgarian: нараствам (bg) (narastvam)
- Catalan: cultivar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 種植/种植 (zh) (zhòngzhí), (e.g. beard) 蓄 (zh) (xù)
- Czech: pěstovat (cs)
- Danish: dyrke (da), avle
- Dutch: doen groeien; (cultivate) telen (nl), kweken (nl)
- Esperanto: kreskigi, kultivi, kulturi (eo)
- Estonian: kasvatama
- Finnish: kasvattaa (fi)
- French: accroître (fr), faire croître
- Galician: criar (gl), cultivar (gl)
- Georgian: ზრდის (zrdis)
- German: anbauen (de), ziehen (de), züchten (de)
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (aljan)
- Greek: αυξάνω (el) (afxáno)
- Ancient: αὐξάνω (auxánō)
- Hebrew: גידל \ גִּדֵּל (gidél)
- Hungarian: termel (hu), termeszt (hu), növeszt (hu)
- Ido: kreskigar (io), developar (io), augmentar (io)
- Ingrian: kasvattaa
- Irish: fás
- Italian: coltivare (it), crescere (it)
- Japanese: 育てる (ja) (sodateru)
- Khmer: ដាំ (km) (dam) (plants), ដុះ (km) (doh) (of hair)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ڕواندن (rwandin)
- Latin: alesco, alo (la), augeō (la)
- Malay: besarkan
- Maori: whakatipu, whakatupu
- Marathi: वाढवणे (vāḍhavṇe)
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian: dyrke (no)
- Old High German: gruowan
- Persian: رویاندن (fa) (ruyândan)
- Polish: powiększać (pl) impf, powiększyć (pl) pf, zapuszczać (pl) impf ((of hair)), zapuścić (pl) pf ((of hair)), uprawiać (pl) impf (of plants), uprawić pf (of plants)
- Portuguese: cultivar (pt)
- Russian: расти́ть (ru) impf (rastítʹ), выра́щивать (ru) impf (vyráščivatʹ), вы́растить (ru) pf (výrastitʹ)
- Spanish: cultivar (es)
- Swahili: kuza (sw)
- Swedish: odla (sv)
- Thai: เพาะ (th) (pɔ́)
- Ukrainian: виро́щувати impf (vyróščuvaty), рости́ти impf (rostýty)
- Vietnamese: nuôi lớn, nuôi (vi)
- Zazaki: ruwayen
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to assume a condition or quality
Translations to be checked
- “grow”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
grow
- Alternative form of growen