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Growing
intransitive verb1 a: to spring up and develop to maturity b: to be able to grow in some place or situation <trees that grow in the tropics> c: to assume some relation through or as if through a process of natural growth <ferns growing from the rocks>2 a: to increase in size by assimilation of material into the living organism or by accretion of material in a nonbiological process (as crystallization) b: increase
, expand <grows in wisdom>3: to develop from a parent source <the book grew out of a series of lectures>4 a: to pass into a condition : become <grew pale> b: to have an increasing influence <habit grows on a person> c: to become increasingly acceptable or attractive <didn't like it at first, but it grew on him>transitive verb1 a: to cause to grow <grow wheat> b: to let grow on the body <grew a beard>2: to promote the development of <start a business and grow it successfully
— J. L. Deckter>
— grow·er
\ˈgrō(-ə)r\
noun
— grow·ing·ly
\ˈgrō-iŋ-lē\
adverb
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