English Dictionary

grow

/ɡɹəʊ/

verb

(ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude. / (ergative, of plants) To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere) / (intransitive) To appear or sprout. / (intransitive) To develop, to mature.

Plants grow by absorbing sunlight and water.

意味（1）

(ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.

Children grow quickly.

意味（2）

(ergative, of plants) To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)

Apples now grow all over the world.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To appear or sprout.

Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To develop, to mature.

As I grew throughout adolescence, I came to appreciate many things about human nature.

意味（5）

(transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.

The Bush administration – which sought to grow the number of fisheries managed under a program known as “catch shares”...

意味（6）

(copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.

In fact she was so bus doing all the things that anyone might, who finds themselves alone in an empty house, that she did not notice at first when it began to turn dusk and the rooms to grow dim.

意味（7）

(intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.