grow

v. i. [ imp. Grew p. p. Grown p. pr. & vb. n. Growing. ] [ AS. grōwan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. grōa, Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf. Green, Grass. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue. [ 1913 Webster ]

Winter began to grow fast on. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even just the sum that I do owe to you
Is growing to me by Antipholus. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To spring up and come to maturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where law faileth, error groweth. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale. [ 1913 Webster ]

For his mind
Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To become attached or fixed; to adhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Growing cell, or
Growing slide, a device for preserving alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a manner to permit its growth to be watched under the microscope. --
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. [ 1913 Webster ] These wars have grown out of commercial considerations. A. Hamilton. --
To grow up, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as, grown up children. --
To grow together, to close and adhere; to become united by growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed. Howells.

Syn. -- To become; increase; enlarge; augment; improve; expand; extend. [ 1913 Webster ]