grow
grow Lexical Profile
grow Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically (of a living thing).
"Children grow rapidly during their early teenage years."
To plant, tend, and harvest a crop or plant.
"The farmers in this valley grow organic tomatoes and sweet corn."
To increase in size, number, value, or degree; or to cause an organization or enterprise to expand.
"The company plans to grow its customer base across Europe over the next five years."
To become gradually or increasingly (used as a linking verb before an adjective).
"The sky began to grow dark as the evening storm approached."
• Rhymes for grow
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'growan' (to flourish, increase, or germinate), derived from the Proto-Germanic root '*growanan' and linked to the same root as 'grass' and 'green'.