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Grow: Meanings, Examples, and Usage Guide (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：increase in size or amount (grow)

grow 🔊

/ɡroʊ/

to get bigger in size, become taller, or increase in amount over time.

increase in size or amount 🔊

➕

/ɪnˈkriːs ɪn saɪz ɔːr əˈmaʊnt/

When living things or things grow, they become bigger, taller, or more numerous over time.

📁 Category：Physical & Mental Health 🔖 Level：Beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Proto-Germanic *grō- (to grow, become green), source of Old English growan.

💡 Mnemonic

Think of a plant stretching toward the sun: 'G' for green, 'row' like a row of growing crops.

📖 Example

Every time I visit my nephew, he seems to have grown another inch taller! 🔊 Whenever I go to see my nephew, he appears to have increased in height by another inch.

🔗 Collocations

grow taller – increase in height

grow larger – increase in size

grow in number – increase in quantity

🔄 Synonyms

increase (v.) – to become greater in size, amount, or degree

expand (v.) – to become larger in size, volume, or scope

develop (v.) – to grow or cause to grow gradually

🚫 Antonyms

shrink (v.) – to become smaller in size

decrease (v.) – to become smaller in amount or size

diminish (v.) – to become smaller or less

🌱 Derivatives

growth (n.) – the process of increasing in size

growing (adj.) – increasing in size or developing

grown (adj.) – having reached full size or maturity

📖 Cultural Story

The word 'grow' shares a root with 'green' and 'grass', reflecting its origin in agricultural societies where growth and greenery are linked. It has been used in English since the 8th century.

Meaning 2：cultivate or raise plants (grow)

grow 🔊

/ɡroʊ/

to put seeds or young plants in the ground and take care of them so they develop into plants.

Grow plants: hands planting seedling in soil

cultivate or raise plants 🔊

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/ˈkʌl.tə.veɪt ɔːr reɪz plænts/

To put seeds or young plants into soil and take care of them so they develop and produce more plants or fruit.

📁 Category：Botany Research 🔖 Level：Beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

My grandma taught me how to grow tomatoes in her backyard garden. 🔊 My grandmother instructed me on how to cultivate tomatoes in her backyard garden.

🔗 Collocations

grow vegetables – cultivate vegetables

grow flowers – cultivate flowers

grow crops – cultivate crops for harvest

🔄 Synonyms

plant (v.) – to put a seed or young plant into the ground so it can grow

cultivate (v.) – to prepare and use land for growing crops

raise (v.) – to bring up or care for plants or animals

🚫 Antonyms

neglect (v.) – to fail to care for properly, causing poor growth

abandon (v.) – to leave and stop caring for plants

uproot (v.) – to pull a plant out of the ground, ending its growth

🌱 Derivatives

grower (n.) – a person who cultivates plants

growing (adj.) – related to the process of cultivation

grown (adj.) – cultivated or matured (e.g., homegrown tomatoes)