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grow

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"

turn, grow

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

grow, cause to grow

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

grow, develop

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"

grow, become bigger, become greater, become larger

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

raise, farm, produce, grow

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"

produce, get, grow, develop, acquire

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"

grow, mature, maturate, undergo maturation, grow mature

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

smaller, littler

adj. small or little relative to something else

bloom, flower, blossom

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

blossom, unfold, blossom forth, blossom out

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

bud, develop buds

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

advance, gain

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

spread, diffuse, spread out, fan out

v. move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"

progress, build, work up, build up, form steadily

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

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

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

grow, mature, maturate, undergo maturation, grow mature

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

manifold, multiply, combine by multiplication, increase by multiplication

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

find, get, receive, obtain

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"

obtain, secure, procure

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

get, acquire, get hold of

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"

bear, birth, have, deliver, birthe, give birth to, give birth

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

burgeon

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

boom, flourish, expand, prosper, thrive, grow stronger, get ahead

v. grow stronger; "The economy was booming"

grow, become bigger, become greater, become larger

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

result, ensue

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

temper, season, dilate

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

creep, grow over

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

grow up

v. become an adult

bush out, grow outward

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

twine, grow upward

v. grow upward

bantam, diminutive, midget, lilliputian, petite, tiny

adj. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

dinky

adj. small and insignificant; "we stayed in a dinky old hotel"

dwarf, dwarfish

adj. atypically small; "dwarf tree"; "dwarf star"

elfin

adj. small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small"

fine

adj. thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print"

gnomish

adj. used of small deformed creatures

half-size

adj. half the usual or regular size

minute, infinitesimal, microscopic

adj. infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale"

least, littlest, smallest

adj. having or being distinguished by diminutive size: "the least bittern"

micro

adj. extremely small in scale or scope or capability

miniature

adj. being on a very small scale; "a miniature camera"

minuscule, miniscule

adj. very small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell"

puny, runty, shrimpy

adj. (used especially of persons) of inferior size

slim, slender

adj. small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"

smallish

adj. rather small

small-scale

adj. created or drawn on a small scale; "small-scale maps"; "a small-scale model"

undersize, undersized

adj. smaller than normal for its kind

reduce, deoxidize, deoxidise, remove oxygen from

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

contract, shrink, draw together

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

decline, wane, go down, grow smaller

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

stay, rest, remain, continue

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"

reduce, deoxidize, deoxidise, remove oxygen from

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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