To grow meaning in English

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Definition

to grow: to increase in size or amount, to expand; to become; to develop, to progress verb
Babies grow very quickly. They get big very fast!
Flowers grow at the bottom of my garden in spring.
The profits have grown by 20%. It's a big increase on last year's figures.
To grow can have other meanings:
He's growing impatient. He is becoming impatient.

This is an irregular verb:
I grow / I grew / I have grown
to grow up: to mature, to become an adult verb
You've grown up. You have matured, you're older now.
I grew up in Brooklyn. I spent my childhood years in Brooklyn.

This is an irregular verb:
I grow up / I grew up / I have grown up
growing: becoming bigger, increasing; becoming adjective

UK: My grandfather grows lettuce in the garden.
US: Your grandfather grows cannabis in the garden.

Examples

  • "Tomatoes grown in Spain and transported to the UK have much less of an impact than the same tomatoes grown in greenhouses in the UK, which require electricity to light and heat them."
  • "Dad : Oh believe me, I grew up with grandpa Xavier, and plenty of people think he's weird."
  • "Scientists in the future will probably be able to grow you a new body."
  • "Since its foundation, the Delavigne Corporation has grown slowly but surely."
  • "Delavigne's tribute to his grandfather, “La Potion de Papi” grew popular."
  • "It's a lot smaller than Delavigne, but with the right man in charge, it has the chance to grow, and grow, and grow..."
  • "Two years ago, our gross revenue was big, but still growing."
  • "Bruno's reputation as a talented perfumer was growing every day."
  • "Nothing good can grow in this place."
  • "Make it grow."
  • "We haven't grown you one yet."
  • "A new report published by the BNB (Bad News Bearers) shows that obesity among Americans is not slowing down, as naive idealists continue to suggest, but rather growing at a nearly exponential rate."
  • "I could grow one if you like?"
  • "Yes, the business has grown, but where is the human touch, Bruno?"
  • "The money you contribute doesn't go to today's old people, no: it's placed into a pension fund where it will grow until you collect it when you retire."
  • "Scientists estimate that the web's carbon footprint (the CO2 it produces) is growing at around 10% per year, which could be bad news for internet giants such as Moogle, Microtosh, and YouLube."
  • "In the last 25 years, our GDP has grown nearly 10 percent each year and exports nearly 30 percent."

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