Definition of grows Grows
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What does grows mean?
Part of speech
🔤- grows, verb, present, 3rd person singular of grow (infinitive).
WordNet
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| grow - become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast" | ||
| increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" | ||
| grow up become an adult | ||
| hypertrophy undergo hypertrophy; "muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids" | ||
| climb, go up, rise improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder" | ||
| enlarge make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds" | ||
| augment enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East" | ||
| vegetate propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along" | ||
| mushroom grow and spread fast; "The problem mushroomed" | ||
| grow over, overgrow grow beyond or across; "The ivy overgrew the patio" | ||
| stretch extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head" | ||
| develop expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form" | ||
| expand become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly" | ||
| thrive, flourish, boom, expand make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance; "The new student is thriving" | ||
| proliferate cause to grow or increase rapidly; "We must not proliferate nuclear arms" | ||
| lengthen become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen" | ||
| branch, ramify divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks" | ||
| burgeon grow and flourish; "The burgeoning administration"; "The burgeoning population" | ||
| root take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly" | ||
| prove, rise establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" | ||
| expand, spread out become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly" | ||
| grow - come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" | ||
| develop, produce, get, acquire | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| fledge, feather grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already" | ||
| regrow grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption; "parts of the trunk of this tree can regrow"; "some invertebrates can regrow limbs or their tail after they lost it due to an injury" | ||
| spring develop suddenly; "The tire sprang a leak" | ||
| sprout, stock put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year" | ||
| tiller, stool have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" | ||
| leaf produce leaves, of plants | ||
| pod produce pods, of plants | ||
| teethe grow teeth; cut the baby teeth; "The little one is teething now" | ||
| pupate develop into a pupa; "the insect larva pupate" | ||
| work up, get up develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite" | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| evolve, acquire, develop undergo development or evolution; "Modern man evolved a long time ago" | ||
| grow - increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore" | ||
| grow come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" | ||
| develop expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form" | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| ancylose, ankylose undergo ankylosis; "joints ankylose" | ||
| undergrow grow below something; "The moss undergrew the stone patio" | ||
| exfoliate grow by producing or unfolding leaves; "plants exfoliate" | ||
| vegetate propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along" | ||
| vegetate propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along" | ||
| twin give birth to twins | ||
| bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout, spud, germinate, pullulate, shoot put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year" | ||
| grow - cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard" | ||
| grow come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" | ||
| make grow, develop expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form" | ||
| vegetate propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along" | ||
| culture grow in a special preparation; "the biologist grows microorganisms" | ||
| rotate plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil" | ||
| swell expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" | ||
| germinate cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants" | ||
| root take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly" | ||
| grow - cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" | ||
| raise, farm, produce | ||
| cultivate prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" | ||
| husbandry, farming, agriculture agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" | ||
| carry continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" | ||
| overproduce produce in excess; "The country overproduces cars" | ||
| keep maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" | ||
| grow - become attached by or as if by the process of growth; "The tree trunks had grown together" | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| grow - come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" | ||
| originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up | ||
| become enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" | ||
| resurge rise again; "His need for a meal resurged"; "The candidate resurged after leaving politics for several years" | ||
| come forth, emerge happen or occur as a result of something | ||
| come, follow come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" | ||
| well up, swell come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it" | ||
| head remove the head of; "head the fish" | ||
| grow - develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast" | ||
| mature, maturate | ||
| senesce, age, maturate, mature, get on grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce" | ||
| develop expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form" | ||
| ripen grow ripe; "The plums ripen in July" | ||
| find oneself, find accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself" | ||
| grow up become an adult | ||
| grow - pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| turn | ||
| change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| bald grow bald; lose hair on one's head; "He is balding already" | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| grow - grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior" | ||
| develop | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| outgrow grow too large or too mature for; "I have outgrown these clothes"; "She outgrew her childish habits" | ||
| make act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- grow (v. i.)
To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs. - grow (v. i.)
To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue. - grow (v. i.)
To spring up and come to matturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries. - grow (v. i.)
To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale. - grow (v. i.)
To become attached of fixed; to adhere. - grow (v. t.)
To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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(For a living being) To become bigger. -
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To come to have or undergo a change of physical features or attributes.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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grō, v.i. to become enlarged by a natural process: to advance towards maturity: to increase in size: to develop: to become greater in any way: to extend: to improve: to pass from one state to another: to become.—v.t. to cause to grow: to cultivate:—pa.t. grew (grōō); pa.p. grown.—ns. Grow′er; Grow′ing; Growth, a growing: gradual increase: progress: development: that which has grown: product.—Grow on, to gain in the estimation of; Grow out of, to issue from, result from: to pass beyond in development, to give up; Grow to, to advance to; Grow together, to become united by growth; Grow up, to advance in growth, become full-grown; to take root, spring up. [A.S. grówan; Ice. gróa; conn. with green.]
Part of speech
🔤- grow, verb, present, 1st person singular of grow (infinitive).
- grow, verb (infinitive).
