grow

Definitions of grow in various dictionaries:

verb - pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute

verb - become larger, greater, or bigger

verb - increase in size by natural process

verb - cause to grow or develop

verb - develop and reach maturity

verb - come into existence

verb - cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques

verb - come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

verb - grow emotionally or mature

verb - become attached by or as if by the process of growth

To increase in size by a natural process.

To expand; gain: The business grew under new management.

To increase in amount or degree; intensify: The suspense grew.

To develop and reach maturity.

To be capable of growth; thrive: Some plants grow in deep shade.

To become attached by or as if by the process of growth: tree trunks that had grown together.

To come into existence from a source; spring up: love that grew from friendship.

To come to be by a gradual process or by degrees; become: grow angry; grow closer.

To cause to grow; raise: grow tulips.

To allow (something) to develop or increase by a natural process: grow a beard.

To develop so as to become: A boy grows into a man.

To develop or change so as to fit: She grew into her job.

To become gradually more evident to: A feeling of distrust grew on me.

To become gradually more pleasurable or acceptable to: a taste that grows on a person.