grow

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   increase in size by natural process

   Corn doesn't grow here

2. 2
   verb

   cause to grow or develop

   I grow vegetables in my backyard.

3. 3
   verb

   become attached by or as if by the process of growth

   The tree trunks had grown together

4. 4
   verb

   To become larger, to increase in magnitude.

   Children grow quickly.

5. 5
   verb

   To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)

   Apples now grow all over the world.

6. 6
   verb

   To appear or sprout.

   Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring.

7. 7
   verb

   To develop, to mature.

   As I grew throughout adolescence, I came to appreciate many things about human nature.

8. 8
   verb

   To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.

   He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.

Etymology

From Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōan, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch groeien (“to grow”), German Low German grojen (“to green; thrive; take hold; flourish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gro (“to grow”), Faroese grógva (“to grow”), Icelandic gróa (“to grow”); also Latin grāmen (“grass, turf; herb, plant”), herba (“grass, herbage; weeds; plant”), Ukrainian гря́ний (hrj…