grow

grow [-ing, -s, grew, grown] v

OE growan.

  1. Change from one state to another; become.
  2. Increase; wax; augment.
  3. Enlarge in bulk and stature through a natural process of vegetation or human development.
  4. Mature, as in a human being; increase in age or wisdom.
  5. Emerge; advance gradually; extend by degrees.
  6. Exist as an unseen object or being.
  7. Accumulate, as in money, possessions, etc.
  8. Produce, as a farmer grows wheat.