Definition
to grow: to increase in size or amount, to expand; to become; to develop, to progress
Babies grow very quickly. They get big very fast!
Flowers grow at the bottom of my garden in spring.
The profits have grown by 20%. It's a big increase on last year's figures.
To grow can have other meanings:
He's growing impatient. He is becoming impatient.
This is an irregular verb:
I grow / I grew / I have grown
to grow up: to mature, to become an adult
You've grown up. You have matured, you're older now.
I grew up in Brooklyn. I spent my childhood years in Brooklyn.
This is an irregular verb:
I grow up / I grew up / I have grown up
growing: becoming bigger, increasing; becoming
Pronunciation examples
UK: My grandfather grows lettuce in the garden.
US: Your grandfather grows cannabis in the garden.
- "Delavigne's tribute to his grandfather, “La Potion de Papi” grew popular."
- "Yes, the business has grown, but where is the human touch, Bruno?"
- "Did you know that this girl grew up in a condominium with no elevator?"
- "From the seed of the mind, a tree of enlightenment will grow, and from this tree will spread the branches that carry the ripened fruit of compassion."
- "Nothing good can grow in this place."
- "I could grow one if you like."
- "It's the story of a young girl, growing up in a land, well, a land down under."
- "Two years ago, our gross revenue was big, but still growing."
- "Dad : Oh, believe me, I grew up with Grandpa Xavier, and plenty of people think he's weird."
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