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Added 1 October 2026

grow

/ˈɡɹəʊ/ verb

In Latin: cresco, adolesco, grandesco Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about grow at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
Children grow quickly.
To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere).
Apples now grow all over the world. The tallest trees grow to about 30 feet.
To appear or sprout.
Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring.

noun

An illicit cannabis farm.

Origin

From Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōan, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch groeien (“to grow”), German Low German grojen (“to green; thrive; take hold; flourish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gro (“to grow”), Faroese grógva (“to grow”), Icelandic gróa (“to grow”); also Latin grāmen (“grass, turf; herb, plant”), herba (“grass, herbage; weeds; plant”), Ukrainian гря́ний (hrjányj, “green”). Related to growth, grass, green.

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