Grow
verb
To become larger or taller over a period of time.
The seedlings have grown into mature plants.
Often appears as...
- grow fast
- grow slowly
verb
To start to exist and develop.
Over the years, a close friendship grew between them.
Often appears as...
- grow friendship
- grow relationship
verb
To produce or cultivate (plants, fruit, etc.).
She grows vegetables in her backyard.
Often appears as...
- grow vegetables
- grow flowers
verb
To become healthier after an illness.
She's been growing stronger every day since the operation.
Often appears as...
- grow stronger
- grow healthier
verb
To gradually begin to have a particular feeling or opinion.
I've grown to like this city.
Often appears as...
- grow to like
- grow to love
verb
To let (hair, a beard, etc.) grow.
He's growing a beard.
Often appears as...
- grow hair
- grow a beard
verb
To become larger or taller over a period of time.
The seedlings have grown into mature plants.
Often appears as...
- grow fast
- grow slowly
verb
To start to exist and develop.
Over the years, a close friendship grew between them.
Often appears as...
- grow friendship
- grow relationship
verb
To produce or cultivate (plants, fruit, etc.).
She grows vegetables in her backyard.
Often appears as...
- grow vegetables
- grow flowers
verb
To become healthier after an illness.
She's been growing stronger every day since the operation.
Often appears as...
- grow stronger
- grow healthier
verb
To gradually begin to have a particular feeling or opinion.
I've grown to like this city.
Often appears as...
- grow to like
- grow to love
verb
To let (hair, a beard, etc.) grow.
He's growing a beard.
Often appears as...
- grow hair
- grow a beard
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Timeframe Reference
Use 'grow' to describe changes over time, not instantaneous changes.
Children grow quickly, but don't grow tall overnight.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Growth
'Grow' often signifies positive progression, like maturity or improvement.
He grew in confidence after joining the debate team.
Pro Tip 1/2Timeframe Reference
Use 'grow' to describe changes over time, not instantaneous changes.
Children grow quickly, but don't grow tall overnight.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Growth
'Grow' often signifies positive progression, like maturity or improvement.
He grew in confidence after joining the debate team.
Pro Tip 1/2Timeframe Reference
Use 'grow' to describe changes over time, not instantaneous changes.
Children grow quickly, but don't grow tall overnight.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Growth
'Grow' often signifies positive progression, like maturity or improvement.
He grew in confidence after joining the debate team.
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Why are some people...
groups that have a relative advantage tend to grow until that advantage disappears. If people were only fighting and competing throughout human evolution, natural selection would lead to more lefties being the ones that made it until there were so many of them, that it was no longer a rare asset. So in a purely competitive world,
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The five major world...
At the Passover meal, every item on the menu symbolizes an aspect of the escape from slavery. The importance of growing up is emphasized when young people reach the age of bar and bat mitzvah, ceremonies during which they assume responsibility for their actions and celebrate the weaving of their own lives
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What makes muscles grow?...
muscles need your constant attention because the way you treat them on a daily basis determines whether they will wither or grow. Say you're standing in front of a door, ready to pull it open. Your brain and muscles are perfectly poised to help you achieve this goal.
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5 ways to kill your...
Three, and it's very subtle but very Decide to settle when growth is guaranteed. So when your life is going great, you have put together a great team, and you have growing revenue, and everything is set -- time to settle. When I launched my first book,
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What would happen if you...
and signals from the environment telling us it's dark outside. The rise in sleep-inducing chemicals, like adenosine and melatonin, send us into a light doze that grows deeper, making our breathing and heart rate slow down and our muscles relax.
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Why do women have...
The answer begins with pregnancy. During this process, the body's resources are cleverly used to shape a suitable environment for a fetus, creating an internal haven for a mother to nurture her growing child.
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The Biggest Dinosaur...
At their peak, it's been calculated they grow up to 40 kilograms every day. The dinosaur embryos are so well preserved we can see they already have their teeth, in preparation for a lifetime of eating.
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Questions No One Knows...
If just a few of them had spawned intelligent life and started creating technologies, those technologies would have had millions of years to grow in complexity and power. On Earth,
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How to deal with...
protect myself by believing that nothing meant anything so if you can't invest in anything the other person says what happens well when you grow up there's a
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Pablo Escobar Goes to...
I grew up living a life full of money, full of power. My father at the time, he was perhaps one of the richest men in Colombia.
Video examples
Why are some people...
groups that have a relative advantage tend to grow until that advantage disappears. If people were only fighting and competing throughout human evolution, natural selection would lead to more lefties being the ones that made it until there were so many of them, that it was no longer a rare asset. So in a purely competitive world,
Video examples
The five major world...
At the Passover meal, every item on the menu symbolizes an aspect of the escape from slavery. The importance of growing up is emphasized when young people reach the age of bar and bat mitzvah, ceremonies during which they assume responsibility for their actions and celebrate the weaving of their own lives
Video examples
What makes muscles grow?...
muscles need your constant attention because the way you treat them on a daily basis determines whether they will wither or grow. Say you're standing in front of a door, ready to pull it open. Your brain and muscles are perfectly poised to help you achieve this goal.
Video examples
5 ways to kill your...
Three, and it's very subtle but very Decide to settle when growth is guaranteed. So when your life is going great, you have put together a great team, and you have growing revenue, and everything is set -- time to settle. When I launched my first book,
Video examples
What would happen if you...
and signals from the environment telling us it's dark outside. The rise in sleep-inducing chemicals, like adenosine and melatonin, send us into a light doze that grows deeper, making our breathing and heart rate slow down and our muscles relax.
Video examples
Why do women have...
The answer begins with pregnancy. During this process, the body's resources are cleverly used to shape a suitable environment for a fetus, creating an internal haven for a mother to nurture her growing child.
Video examples
The Biggest Dinosaur...
At their peak, it's been calculated they grow up to 40 kilograms every day. The dinosaur embryos are so well preserved we can see they already have their teeth, in preparation for a lifetime of eating.
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
If just a few of them had spawned intelligent life and started creating technologies, those technologies would have had millions of years to grow in complexity and power. On Earth,
Video examples
How to deal with...
protect myself by believing that nothing meant anything so if you can't invest in anything the other person says what happens well when you grow up there's a
Video examples
Pablo Escobar Goes to...
I grew up living a life full of money, full of power. My father at the time, he was perhaps one of the richest men in Colombia.
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Brad Pitt
Actor
I grew up on certain movies, particular movies that said something to me as a kid from Missouri, movies that showed me places I'd yet traveled, or different cultures, or explained something, or said something in a better way than I could ever say. I wanted to find the movies like that.
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Tyler Perry
American Actor
The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.
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T. S. Eliot
American Poet
I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.
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Audrey Hepburn
British Actress
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
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David Beckham
English Footballer
When you have kids you do grow up. I have just started realising it now-it changes the world, having children.
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Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.
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Langston Hughes
American Poet
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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Brad Pitt
Actor
I grew up on certain movies, particular movies that said something to me as a kid from Missouri, movies that showed me places I'd yet traveled, or different cultures, or explained something, or said something in a better way than I could ever say. I wanted to find the movies like that.
Quote examples
Tyler Perry
American Actor
The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.
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T. S. Eliot
American Poet
I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.
Quote examples
William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.
Quote examples
Audrey Hepburn
British Actress
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Quote examples
David Beckham
English Footballer
When you have kids you do grow up. I have just started realising it now-it changes the world, having children.
Quote examples
Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
Quote examples
Plato
Greek Philosopher
States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.
Quote examples
Billy Graham
American Clergyman
Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.
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Langston Hughes
American Poet
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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