MAKE GROW
Dictionary entry overview: What does make grow mean?
• MAKE GROW (verb)
The verb MAKE GROW has 1 sense:
1. cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
Familiarity information: MAKE GROW used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MAKE GROW (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
make grow; develop
Context examples:
The perfect climate here develops the grain / He developed a new kind of apple
Hypernyms (to "make grow" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Cause:
grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)
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 "make grow"):
grow (cause to grow or develop)
work out; work up (come up with)
elaborate; work out (work out in detail)
foliate (grow leaves)
check; condition; discipline; train (train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
