grow

🇺🇸 /ɡrəʊ/ 🇬🇧 /ɡrəʊ/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP500Oxford3000CEFR-A2
verb
A1

to get bigger or more

The business will grow if we work hard.

A1

to become an adult

Children grow fast in their first years.

A1

to live and get bigger in a place; to make plants live and get bigger

Plants grow well with water and sun.

A1

to become longer; to let something become longer

His hair will grow long if he doesn't cut it.

A2

to start to have a feeling or quality over time

She will grow tired after working all day.

R

to slowly start to do something

He will grow to like his new school.

R

to get better at something

Kids need love to grow and learn.

R

to make something bigger or better

We want to grow our team next year.

translation

v. to get bigger or more; to become an adult; to live and get bigger in a place; to make plants live and get bigger; to become longer; to let something become longer; to start to have a feeling or quality over time; to slowly start to do something; to get better at something; to make something bigger or better

Word Forms

3rd Present grows
Past grew
Perfect grown
Progressive growing