Grow | Mean of grow in English Dictionary

/ˈgroʊ/

• Verb
• to become larger
1. The city is growing rapidly/dramatically.
2. The list of chores to do this weekend keeps growing.
3. The sport is growing in popularity. [=is becoming more popular]
4. The school has grown (considerably/greatly) in size.
5. His followers continue to grow in number. [=to become more numerous]
• to become better or improved in some way
1. She grew intellectually and emotionally in her first year at college.
2. It's wonderful to see how she has grown as a person since going to college.
• to become larger and change from being a child to being an adult as time passes
1. It can be hard to watch our children change as they grow.
2. He's still just a growing boy.
3. She's grown (by) at least an inch since the last time I saw her.

• to exist and develop
1. These trees grow only in the jungle.
2. As the tree grew taller, the branches began to touch the house.
3. This plant does well in difficult growing conditions. [=conditions in which it is difficult for most plants to grow]
4. The flowers grow wild [=grow naturally without being planted or cared for by humans] along the highway.
• to cause (a plant) to grow
1. She grows tomatoes in her garden.
2. The plant is grown for its colorful flowers.
• to become longer
1. She's letting her hair grow a little.
2. His fingernails grow quickly.
3. She's growing her hair long.
4. He tried to grow a beard/mustache. [=to have a beard/mustache by letting the hair on his face grow]
• to have or form an opinion, attitude, etc., after time passes
1. She's grown to like her new job.
2. I grew to admire her very much.
3. I grew to feel that these problems were not important.
4. She grew to hate him for his selfishness.
• to cause (something, such as a business) to develop or get bigger
1. These changes should allow us to grow the company while reducing waste.
2. He claims that his proposals will help grow the economy.
• to become less friendly or emotionally close as time passes
1. My wife and I have grown apart over the years.
• to come from or originate from (something)
1. The company grew from an idea he had in college.
• to become (something) as time passes
1. She has grown into an accomplished and charming young woman.
2. His small company has grown into a huge international corporation.
• to become large enough for (a certain size of clothing)
1. Ben will grow into Billy's shoes in a year or two.
• to become more appealing to (someone) as time passes
1. Try the dish again—it grows on you.
2. I didn't like him at first, but he's starting to grow on me.
• to exist in large amounts
1. Good jobs don't grow on trees. [=good jobs are hard to get]
2. He acts as if money grows on trees.
• to allow (something) to get longer
1. She's growing out her hair.
• to develop or come from (a source)
1. The project grew out of a simple suggestion.
2. This new theory grew out of their earlier research.
• to become too large for (a certain size of clothing)
1. He quickly grew out of his clothes.
• to stop doing or having (something) because you are older and more mature
1. She hoped to grow out of her bad habits.
2. He's wild now, but he'll grow out of it.
• to become an adult
1. She wants to be a firefighter when she grows up.
2. I grew up in the city.
3. We grew up poor, but we always had food on the table.
4. He grew up playing music. [=he played music when he was a child]
• to stop thinking and behaving in a childish way
1. It's time for him to grow up and start accepting his responsibilities.
2. Oh, grow up!
• to begin to exist and develop as time passes
1. A number of villages and cities grew up along the river.
2. A rivalry grew up between the villages.