Dictionary entry details
• GROW (verb)
Meaning:
Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
grow; turn
Context examples:
The weather turned nasty / She grew angry
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grow"):
turn (change color)
bald (grow bald; lose hair on one's head)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Sentence example:
John will grow angry
Meaning:
Become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context examples:
The problem grew too large for me / Her business grew fast
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
increase (become bigger or greater in amount)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grow"):
boom; expand; flourish; get ahead; prosper; thrive (grow stronger)
proliferate (grow rapidly)
lengthen (become long or longer)
branch; ramify (grow and send out branches or branch-like structures)
burgeon (grow and flourish)
root (take root and begin to grow)
prove; rise (increase in volume)
expand; spread out (extend in one or more directions)
expand (become larger in size or volume or quantity)
develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)
hypertrophy (undergo hypertrophy)
climb; go up; rise (increase in value or to a higher point)
enlarge (become larger or bigger)
augment (grow or intensify)
vegetate (grow or spread abnormally)
mushroom (grow and spread fast)
grow over; overgrow (grow beyond or across)
stretch (become longer by being stretched and pulled)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
The business is going to grow
Also:
grow over (grow in such a way as to cover (a building))
grow up (become an adult)
Meaning:
Increase in size by natural process
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context examples:
Corn doesn't grow here / In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees / her hair doesn't grow much anymore
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grow"):
bourgeon; burgeon forth; germinate; pullulate; shoot; sprout; spud (produce buds, branches, or germinate)
twin (grow as twins)
vegetate (produce vegetation)
vegetate (grow like a plant)
exfoliate (grow by producing or unfolding leaves)
undergrow (grow below something)
ancylose; ankylose (undergo ankylosis)
cut (grow through the gums)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sentence example:
Did his feet grow?
Meaning:
Cause to grow or develop
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
He grows vegetables in his backyard
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
develop; make grow (cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development)
Cause:
grow (increase in size by natural process)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grow"):
root (cause to take roots)
germinate (cause to grow or sprout)
swell (cause to become swollen)
rotate (plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession)
vegetate (establish vegetation on)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They grow rye in the field
Meaning:
Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
maturate; mature; grow
Context examples:
He matured fast / The child grew fast
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)
"Grow" entails doing...:
age; get on; maturate; mature; senesce (grow old or older)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grow"):
ripen (grow ripe)
find; find oneself (accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation)
grow up (become an adult)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue grow
Meaning:
Come into existence; take on form or shape
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
spring up; originate; arise; uprise; develop; grow; rise
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
become (come into existence)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grow"):
resurge (rise again)
come forth; emerge (happen or occur as a result of something)
come; follow (to be the product or result)
swell; well up (come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things))
head (take its rise)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
farm; raise; produce; grow
Context examples:
The Bordeaux region produces great red wines / They produce good ham in Parma / We grow wheat here / We raise hogs here
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
cultivate (foster the growth of)
Domain category:
agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grow"):
keep (raise)
overproduce (produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted)
carry (bear (a crop))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They grow rye in the field
Meaning:
Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
acquire; develop; produce; grow; get
Context examples:
He grew a beard / The patient developed abdominal pains / I got funny spots all over my body / Well-developed breasts
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grow"):
feather; fledge (grow feathers)
cut (have grow through the gums)
get up; work up (develop)
pupate (develop into a pupa)
teethe (grow teeth; cut the baby teeth)
pod (produce pods, of plants)
leaf (produce leaves, of plants)
stool; tiller (grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers)
sprout; stock (put forth and grow sprouts or shoots)
spring (develop suddenly)
regrow (grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Grow emotionally or mature
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
grow; develop
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grow"):
outgrow (grow too large or too mature for)
make (develop into)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue grow
Meaning:
Become attached by or as if by the process of growth
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
The tree trunks had grown together
Hypernyms (to "grow" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
