Definition of: grow

(grō) v. grew, grown, grow·ing v.i.
1. To increase in size by the assimilation of nutriment; progress toward maturity.
2. To sprout and develop to maturity, as from a seed or spore.
3. To flourish; thrive: Moss grows in damp places.
4. To become more in size, quantity, or degree: The storm was growing.
5. To become; come to be gradually: She was growing angry.
6. To become fixed or attached by or as by growth: The vine grew to the wall.
—v.t.
7. To cause to grow; raise by cultivation.
8. To develop: This crab will grow a new shell.
9. To cover with a growth: used in the passive: The hull was grown with weeds.
—grow on To become gradually more pleasing or important to.
—grow up To reach adult maturity. See synonyms under FLOURISH. [OE grōwan]
—grow′er noun