Grow

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1. Verb

To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs.

2. Verb

To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.

3. Verb

To spring up and come to matturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries.

4. Verb

To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.

5. Verb

To become attached of fixed; to adhere.

6. Verb

To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco.
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