grow

Meanings

• pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
• become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain
• 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"
• cause to grow or develop
  • "He grows vegetables in his backyard"
• develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
• come into existence; take on form or shape
• cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
  • "We grow wheat here"
• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
• grow emotionally or mature
• become attached by or as if by the process of growth
  • "The tree trunks had grown together"

Synonyms

acquire, arise, develop, farm, get, maturate, mature, originate, produce, raise, rise, spring up, turn, uprise