grow full

VERB

wax

Synonyms

STRONG

augment become build come develop dilate enlarge expand grow heighten increase magnify mount multiply rise run swell turn upsurge

WEAK

fill out get bigger get to

Antonyms

STRONG

abridge cease compress contract decline decrease diminish drop fall halt lessen lower recede reduce shrink slump stop

Example Sentences

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Troops of certain faiths, such as Sikhs, Muslims and Rastafarians, were already allowed to grow full beards as long as they did not put their operational effectiveness, health or safety at risk.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2024

Ugandan officers have detained a smuggler passing off a baby grow full of banned cosmetics as a child.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2020

“He said it wouldn’t last, that it would grow full of weeds.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2018

Testosterone causes trans men’s voices to lower into the male range and allows them to grow full beards.

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2018

How wonderful it would be to feel the empty world grow full again!

From The Window-Gazer by Mackay, Isabel Ecclestone

grow full

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