grow
1. pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute;
become (Freq. 70)
- The weather turned nasty
- She grew angry
• Syn:
turn
• Derivationally related forms:
growth, turn (for: turn)
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
bald, turn
• Verb Group:
change state, turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
- Something ----s Adjective/Noun
- John will grow angry
2. become larger, greater, or bigger;
expand or gain (Freq. 62)
- The problem grew too large for me
- Her business grew fast
• See Also:
grow up
• Derivationally related forms:
growth
• Hypernyms:
increase
• Hyponyms:
hypertrophy, rise, go up, climb, enlarge,
augment, vegetate, mushroom, overgrow, grow over, stretch,
develop, expand, boom, thrive, flourish, proliferate,
proliferate, ramify, branch, burgeon, root,
prove, spread out
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- The business is going to grow
3. increase in size by natural process (Freq. 32)
- Corn doesn't grow here
- In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees
- her hair doesn't grow much anymore
• Derivationally related forms:
growth, growing
• Hypernyms:
develop
• Hyponyms:
cut, ankylose, ancylose, undergrow, exfoliate,
vegetate, twin, shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate,
bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Did his feet grow?
4. cause to grow or develop (Freq. 12)
- He grows vegetables in his backyard
• Derivationally related forms:
growth, grower, growing
• Hypernyms:
develop, make grow
• Hyponyms:
vegetate, culture, rotate, swell, germinate, root
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They grow rye in the field
5. develop and reach maturity;
undergo maturation (Freq. 8)
- He matured fast
- The child grew fast
• Syn:
mature, maturate
• Derivationally related forms:
growth, growing, maturation (for: maturate), maturement (for: mature), maturation (for: mature)
• Hypernyms:
develop
• Hyponyms:
ripen, find oneself, find, grow up
• Entailment:
senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Sam and Sue grow
6. come into existence;
take on form or shape (Freq. 7)
- 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
• Derivationally related forms:
growth, originative (for: originate), origin (for: originate), origination (for: originate)
• Hypernyms:
become
• Hyponyms:
resurge, come forth, emerge, come, follow,
well up, swell, head
• Verb Group:
develop
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
7. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) (Freq. 3)
- 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
• Derivationally related forms:
getting (for: get), development (for: develop)
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
fledge, feather, regrow, spring, sprout,
stock, stool, tiller, leaf, pod, teethe,
pupate, work up, get up, cut
• Verb Group:
develop, acquire, evolve
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
8. cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques (Freq. 3)
- 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
• Derivationally related forms:
produce (for: produce), farm (for: farm), farmer (for: farm), farming (for: farm), raiser (for: raise), growth, grower
• Topics:
farming, agriculture, husbandry
• Hypernyms:
cultivate
• Hyponyms:
carry, overproduce, keep
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They grow rye in the field
9. grow emotionally or mature (Freq. 2)
- 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
• Derivationally related forms:
development (for: develop)
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
outgrow, make
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Sam and Sue grow
10. become attached by or as if by the process of growth
- The tree trunks had grown together
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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