grow

== English == === Alternative forms === growe (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōan, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹəʊ/, [ˈɡ̊ɹʷəʊ̯] (US) IPA(key): /ɡɹoʊ/, [ˈɡ̊ɻʷoʊ̯] Rhymes: -əʊ === Verb === grow (third-person singular simple present grows, present participle growing, simple past grew or (dialectal) growed, past participle grown or (dialectal) growed) (ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude. (ergative, of plants) To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere) Synonym: range (flora) (intransitive) To appear or sprout. (intransitive) To develop, to mature. (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:grow. (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time. Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, fall, wax For more quotations using this term, see Citations:grow. (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:grow. ==== Antonyms ==== shrink ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “grow”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Cornish == === Etymology === From Old Cornish grou, from Proto-Brythonic *grọw, from Proto-Celtic *grāwā. Cognate with Gaulish *growa (whence English gravel via Old French), and Welsh gro. === Noun === grow (collective, singulative growen f) gravel ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === == Middle English == === Verb === grow alternative form of growen