grew

[groo] / gru /

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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SEOUL—At a rare Workers’ Party congress recently, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s rhetoric grew fiery when discussing his southern neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

As Farr’s children grew up and as life circumstances changed, the home’s design evolved.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Victor Glover, who grew up in Pomona, will pilot NASA’s first crewed flight to the moon since 1972.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Over time, the team tracked how many young oysters settled on the structures, how quickly they grew, and how many survived.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

As the crowd dispersed into the streets of what I was almost positive now was Boston, Massachusetts, in seventeen hundred and something or other, they grew quieter.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin