"grow" | Definition and Related Words

grow

Verb

Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute;
Become (synset 200125649)
"The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"

is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
subtypes:
- bald - grow bald; lose hair on one's head
- turn - change color
same as: turn

verb group: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Become larger, greater, or bigger;
Expand or gain (synset 200231172)
"The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"

is a type of: increase - become bigger or greater in amount
subtypes:
- hypertrophy - undergo hypertrophy
- climb, go up, rise - increase in value or to a higher point
- enlarge - become larger or bigger
- augment - grow or intensify
- vegetate - grow or spread abnormally
- mushroom - grow and spread fast
- grow over, overgrow - grow beyond or across
- stretch - become longer by being stretched and pulled
- develop - grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
- expand - become larger in size or volume or quantity
- boom, expand, flourish, thrive - grow vigorously
- proliferate - grow rapidly
- lengthen - become long or longer
- branch, ramify - grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
- burgeon - grow and flourish
- root - take root and begin to grow
- prove, rise - increase in volume
- expand, spread out - extend in one or more directions
Increase in size by natural process (synset 200231983)
"Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore"

is a type of: develop - grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
subtypes:
- cut - grow through the gums
- ancylose, ankylose - undergo ankylosis
- undergrow - grow below something
- exfoliate - grow by producing or unfolding leaves
- vegetate - grow like a plant
- vegetate - produce vegetation
- twin - grow as twins
- bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud - produce buds, branches, or germinate
verb group: grow - cause to grow or develop
Cause to grow or develop (synset 200246343)
"He grows vegetables in his backyard"

causes: grow - increase in size by natural process

is a type of: develop, make grow - cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
subtypes:
- vegetate - establish vegetation on
- culture - grow in a special preparation
- rotate - plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession
- swell - cause to become swollen
- germinate - cause to grow or sprout
- root - cause to take roots
verb group: grow - increase in size by natural process
Develop and reach maturity;
Undergo maturation (synset 200251067)
"He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"

entail: age, get on, maturate, mature, senesce - grow old or older

is a type of: develop - grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
subtypes:
- ripen - grow ripe
- find, find oneself - accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
- grow up - become an adult
same as: maturate, mature
Come into existence;
Take on form or shape (synset 202630344)
"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"

is a type of: become - come into existence
subtypes:
- resurge - rise again
- come forth, emerge - happen or occur as a result of something
- come, follow - to be the product or result
- swell, well up - come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
- head - take its rise
same as: arise, develop, originate, rise, spring up, uprise

verb group: develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques (synset 201743695)
"The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"

referred to in: agriculture, farming, husbandry - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

is a type of: cultivate - foster the growth of
subtypes:
- carry - bear (a crop)
- overproduce - produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted
- keep - raise
same as: farm, produce, raise
Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) (synset 200094214)
"He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"

is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
subtypes:
- feather, fledge - grow feathers
- regrow - grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption
- spring - develop suddenly
- sprout, stock - put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
- stool, tiller - grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
- leaf - produce leaves, of plants
- pod - produce pods, of plants
- teethe - grow teeth; cut the baby teeth
- pupate - develop into a pupa
- get up, work up - develop
- cut - have grow through the gums
same as: acquire, develop, get, produce

verb group: acquire, develop, evolve - gain through experience
Grow emotionally or mature (synset 200544490)
"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"

is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
subtypes:
- outgrow - grow too large or too mature for
- make - develop into
same as: develop
Become attached by or as if by the process of growth (synset 200251425)
"The tree trunks had grown together"

is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

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