grow

verb

1. (ergative)To become larger, to increase in magnitude.

   “Children grow quickly.”

   “[...] but the dangers to trespassers, especially children, are growing, and a vigorous educational programme is urged.”

2. (ergative)To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)

   “Apples now grow all over the world.”

3. (intransitive)To appear or sprout.

   “Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring.”

   “A long tail began to grow from his backside.”

4. (intransitive)To develop, to mature.

   “As I grew throughout adolescence, I came to appreciate many things about human nature.”

5. (transitive)To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.

   “He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.”

   “Have you ever grown your hair before?”

   “The Bush administration – which sought to grow the number of fisheries managed under a program known as “catch shares”...”

   “And — again to overgeneralize from my experience — users may not want a second Twitter either. I was a heavy Twitter user for over a decade. I loved it until I didn’t. I made connections, grew a following, floated ideas, had fun. But it also became a second, often angry, voice inside my head. Do I want to replace it with another one?”

6. (copulative)To assume a condition or quality over time.

   “Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, fall, wax”

   “The boy grew wise as he matured.”

   “My cares grew less (and less) until they evanesced completely.”

   “You have grown strong.”

   “In fact she was so bus doing all the things that anyone might, who finds themselves alone in an empty house, that she did not notice at first when it began to turn dusk and the rooms to grow dim.”

7. (intransitive, obsolete)To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

   “Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.”

name

1. A surname.