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1. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
   - growth, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
    
2. (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state

1. Relating to or suitable for growth
   "the growing season for corn"; "good growing weather"

1. Become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain
   "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
    
2. Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
   "She grew angry";
   - turn
    
3. Increase in size by natural process
   "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore"
    
4. Cause to grow or develop
   "He grows vegetables in his backyard"
    
5. Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
   "The child grew fast";
   - mature, maturate
    
6. Come into existence; take on form or shape
   "the idea for the book grew out of a short story";
   - originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up
    
7. (farming) cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
   "We grow wheat here";
   - raise, farm, produce
    
8. Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
   "He grew a beard";
   - develop, produce, get, acquire
    
9. Grow emotionally or mature
   "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behaviour";
   - develop
    
10. Become attached by or as if by the process of growth

Derived forms: growings

See also: grow up

Type of: become, biological process, change, cultivate, develop, increase, make grow, organic process, production

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