grow

grow

verb

Definition of GROW

1

to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care <a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer>

Synonyms crop, cultivate, culture, dress, promote, raise, rear, tend

Related Words breed, produce, propagate; plant, sow; gather, glean, harvest, reap; germinate, quicken, ripen, root, sprout

Near Antonyms kill; dig, extirpate, pick, pluck, pull (up), uproot; cut, hay, mow

2

to become mature <you've grown so much since we last saw each other>

Synonyms age, develop, grow, grow up, progress, ripen

Related Words mellow, soften; bloom, blossom, burgeon (also bourgeon), flourish, flower; open, unfold; advance, evolve; get along, get on, gray (also grey)

Near Antonyms decay, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, sink, worsen; droop, dry, fade, flag, sag, shrivel, wane, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither; regress, retrogress, revert; backslide, lapse, return

3

to eventually have as a state or quality <he will grow angry if we don't answer his question>

Synonyms come, get, go, grow, run, turn, wax

Related Words alter, change, metamorphose, modify, mutate, transfigure, transform, transmute

Near Antonyms abide, be, continue, linger, remain, stay