grow

grow has 16 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• v. i.. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs.
• v. i.. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.
• v. i.. To spring up and come to matturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries.
• v. i.. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.
• v. i.. To become attached of fixed; to adhere.
• v. t.. To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco.
• v.. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
• v.. pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
• v.. become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
• v.. increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore"
• v.. cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard"
• v.. develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"