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grow

v. become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"

grow

v. cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard"

grow

v. become attached by or as if by the process of growth; "The tree trunks had grown together"

grow, cause to grow

v. cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard"

turn, grow

v. pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"

grow, raise, farm, produce

v. cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"

mature, maturate, grow

v. develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"

originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow

v. come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

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bloom, blossom, flower

v. produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed"

blossom, blossom out, blossom forth, unfold

v. develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity"

bud

v. develop buds; "The hibiscus is budding!"

advance, gain

v. rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today"

diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out

v. move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"

build

v. develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"

progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up

v. develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"

mature, maturate, grow

v. develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"

multiply, manifold

v. combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits"

burgeon

v. grow and flourish; "The burgeoning administration"; "The burgeoning population"

boom, thrive, flourish, expand

v. grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"

grow

v. become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"

result

v. come about or follow as a consequence; "nothing will result from this meeting"

temper, season, mollify

v. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"

result

v. come about or follow as a consequence; "nothing will result from this meeting"

stem

v. remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"

rise, go up, climb

v. increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"

raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up

v. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

creep

v. grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface); "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"

bush out

v. grow outward; "the plant quickly bushed out"

twine

v. make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope"

shrink, contract

v. become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"

decline, go down, wane

v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce

v. to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons

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