v. increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore"

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

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

v. grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"

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

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"

v. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"

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

adv. toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!"

adj. relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind; "a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections"

adj. that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships"

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

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

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

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

v. move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"

v. form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"

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

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

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

v. receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

v. come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?"

v. come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"

v. cause_to_be_born; "My wife had twins yesterday!"

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

v. grow stronger; "The economy was booming"

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

v. issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; "result in tragedy"

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

adj. appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"

adj. involving a surface only; "her beauty is only skin-deep"; "superficial bruising"; "a surface wound"

adj. originating or belonging beyond some bounds:"the outside world"; "outside interests"; "an outside job"

adj. situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building; "an exterior scene"; "exterior grade plywood"; "exterior paints"

adj. being on the outside or further from a center; "spent hours adorning the outer man"; "the outer suburbs"

adv. "from that time forth"

adv. "He is way ahead"

adv. "Go ahead"

v. grow in such a way as to cover (a building); "ivy grew over the walls of the university buildings"

v. become an adult

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

v. grow upward

adj. being or affecting or concerned with a surface; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences"

adj. that is flowing outward

adj. directed outward or serving to direct something outward; "the out doorway"; "the out basket"

adj. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"

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

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

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

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

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

adj. relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts; "a concern with inward reflections"

adj. located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.

adv. toward the center or interior; "move the needle further inwards!"