Grow1, v. i.
v. i. [imp. GREW; p. p. GROWN; p. pr. & vb. n. GROWING.] [A-S. growan, D. groeijen, Icel. groa, Dan. groe, Sw. gro.] 1. 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.
Sense 2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue. “Winter began to grow fast on.” Knolles.
Even just the sum that I do owe to you Is growing to me by Antipholus. Shak.
Sense 3. To spring up and come to maturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, wheat grows in temperate climates; rice grows in warm countries.
Where law faileth, error groweth. Gower.
Sense 4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale, poor, wealthy, or less; the wind grows to a tempest.
For his mind Had grown Suspicion’s sanctuary. Shak.
Sense 5. To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow. Shak.
Grown over, covered with a growth. — To grow out of, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or as a branch from the main stem; to result from. “These wars have grown out of commercial considerations.” A. Hamilton. — To grow up, to arrive at full stature or maturity. — To grow up, or grow together, to close and adhere; to become united by growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed.
Synonyms— To become; increase; enlarge; augment; improve. See BECOME.