grow
To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
Verb 4 meanings
To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
“Children grow quickly.”
To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere).
“Apples now grow all over the world.”
To appear or sprout.
“Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring.”
To develop, to mature.
“As I grew throughout adolescence, I came to appreciate many things about human nature.”
Noun 1 meaning
An illicit cannabis farm.
Etymology
From Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōan, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”).
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GROW at a glance
GROW has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (G 2 + R 1 + O 1 + W 4) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,304 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with grow
All rhymes- TOMORROW13
- THROW11
- NARROW9
- ARROW8
- BORROW11
- CROW9
- SORROW9
- OVERTHROW18
- BROW9
- MARROW11
- SPARROW12
- MORROW11
One letter away
- GREW8
- GLOW8
- CROW9
- BROW9
- GROG6
- PROW9
- DROW8
- TROW7
- GROT5
- GROK9
- FROW10
- AROW7
- GNOW8
- VROW10
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