Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Grow"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grow \Grow\, v. t.
To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a
crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco. --Macaulay.
Syn: To raise; to cultivate. See {Raise}, v. t., 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grow \Grow\, v. i. [imp. {Grew}; p. p. {Grown ; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Growing}.] [AS. grawan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. groa,
Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf. {Green}, {Grass}.]
1. 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.
2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to
be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.
Winter began to grow fast on. --Knolles.
Even just the sum that I do owe to you Is growing to
me by Antipholus. --Shak.
3. 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.
Where law faileth, error groweth. --Gower.
4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect
from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.
For his mind Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary.
--Byron.
5. To become attached of fixed; to adhere.
Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
--Shak.
{Growing cell}, or {Growing slide}, a device for preserving
alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a
manner to permit its growth to be watched under the
microscope.
{Grown over}, covered with a growth.
{To grow out of}, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or
as a branch from the main stem; to result from.
These wars have grown out of commercial
considerations. --A. Hamilton.
{To grow up}, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as,
grown up children.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
grow
v 1: pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property
or attribute; become;"The weather turned nasty"; "She
grew angry"; "The teacher became impatient" [syn: {turn}]
2: become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The
problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
3: increase in size by natural process; of living matter, such
as plants and animals; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these
forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"
4: cause to grow or develop: "He grows vegetables in his
backyard"
5: develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured
fast"; "The child grew fast" [syn: {mature}, {maturate}]
6: 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" [syn: {originate},
{arise}, {rise}, {develop}, {uprise}, {spring up}]
7: cultivate by growing; often involves 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" [syn: {raise}, {farm},
{produce}]
8: 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" [syn: {develop}, {produce}, {get},
{acquire}]
9: 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" [syn: {develop}]
10: become attached by or as if by the process of growth; "The
tree trunks had grown together"
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