Definitions

grow

[groh] / groʊ /

VERB

become larger, evolve

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance age become breed build come cultivate develop expand flourish gain increase mature multiply produce raise rise spread sprout swell thrive turn widen

STRONG

abound amplify arise augment burgeon dilate enlarge extend germinate heighten issue luxuriate maturate mount originate propagate pullulate ripen shoot stem stretch thicken vegetate wax

WEAK

branch out burst forth come to be fill out get bigger get taller pop up spring up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease compress contract decline decrease demolish destroy diminish drop fail halt ignore languish lessen lose lower narrow neglect raze recede reduce repress retreat ruin shrink stop

STRONG

abridge condense curtail hold keep shorten

WEAK

stunt

Example Sentences

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TV hasn't changed so much as it has just continued to grow and Grow and GROW.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2019

The main coaching model is called GROW, which stands for goal, reality, options or obstacles and will or way forward.

From Nature • May 15, 2018

Last June, House Republican leaders announced with much fanfare Project GROW, or Growing Republican Opportunities for Women, a program designed to elect more women to .

From Time • Feb. 28, 2014

In their recent book, Let Go To GROW, the Doug and Polly White further explore this and other processes that help businesses transition from one stage to the next.

From Inc • May 21, 2012

GROW, my song, like a tree, As thou hast ever grown, Since first, a wondering child, Long since, I cherished thee.

From The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems by Nichols, Spencer Baird

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