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English verb: grow | |||
| 1. | grow (change) pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become | ||
| Samples | The weather turned nasty. She grew angry. | ||
| Examples | John will grow angry | ||
| Synonyms | turn | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Something ----s something Adjective/Noun. Something ----s Adjective/Noun | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bald, turn | ||
| Verb group | change state, turn | ||
| 2. | grow (change) become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain | ||
| Samples | The problem grew too large for me. Her business grew fast. | ||
| Examples | The business is going to grow | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | increase | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | augment, boom, branch, burgeon, climb, develop, enlarge, expand, expand, expand, flourish, go up, grow over, hypertrophy, lengthen, mushroom, overgrow, proliferate, prove, ramify, rise, rise, root, spread out, stretch, thrive, vegetate | ||
| 3. | grow (change) increase in size by natural process | ||
| Samples | Corn doesn't grow here. In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees. Her hair doesn't grow much anymore. | ||
| Examples | Did his feet grow? | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | develop | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ancylose, ankylose, bourgeon, burgeon forth, cut, exfoliate, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud, twin, undergrow, vegetate, vegetate | ||
| Verb group | grow | ||
| 4. | grow (change) cause to grow or develop | ||
| Samples | He grows vegetables in his backyard. | ||
| Examples | They grow rye in the field | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | develop, make grow | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | culture, germinate, root, rotate, swell, vegetate | ||
| Cause | grow | ||
| Verb group | grow | ||
| 5. | grow (change) develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation | ||
| Samples | He matured fast. The child grew fast. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue grow | ||
| Synonyms | maturate, mature | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | develop | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | find, find oneself, grow up, ripen | ||
| Entail | age, get on, maturate, mature, senesce | ||
| 6. | grow (stative) come into existence; take on form or shape | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | arise, develop, originate, rise, spring up, uprise | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | become | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | come, come forth, emerge, follow, head, resurge, swell, well up | ||
| Verb group | develop | ||
| 7. | grow (creation) cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques | ||
| Samples | The Bordeaux region produces great red wines. They produce good ham in Parma. We grow wheat here. We raise hogs here. | ||
| Examples | They grow rye in the field | ||
| Synonyms | farm, produce, raise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cultivate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | carry, keep, overproduce | ||
| Domain category | agriculture, farming, husbandry | ||
| 8. | grow (body) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | ||
| Samples | He grew a beard. The patient developed abdominal pains. I got funny spots all over my body. Well-developed breasts. | ||
| Synonyms | acquire, develop, get, produce | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cut, feather, fledge, get up, leaf, pod, pupate, regrow, spring, sprout, stock, stool, teethe, tiller, work up | ||
| Verb group | acquire, develop, evolve | ||
| 9. | grow (change) grow emotionally or mature | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue grow | ||
| Synonyms | develop | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | make, outgrow | ||
| 10. | grow (change) become attached by or as if by the process of growth | ||
| Samples | The tree trunks had grown together. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
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