|
WordNet-Online
Free dictionary and thesaurus of English. Definitions, synonyms, antonyms and more...
Hint: double-click any word to get it searched!
Adjective growing has 3 senses
- growing - increasing in size or degree or amount; "her growing popularity"; "growing evidence of a world depression"; "a growing city"; "growing businesses"
Antonym: decreasing (indirect, via increasing)
- flourishing, growing, thriving - having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life; "flourishing crops"; "flourishing chicks"; "a growing boy"; "fast-growing weeds"; "a thriving deer population"
Antonym: unhealthy (indirect, via healthy)
- growing - relating to or suitable for growth; "the growing season for corn"; "good growing weather"
Noun growing has 2 senses
- growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
--1 is a kind of organic process, biological process
--1 has parts: gastrulation
--1 has particulars: | | culture; amelogenesis; angiogenesis; apposition; auxesis; blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence; cenogenesis, kenogenesis, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis; cohesion; cytogenesis, cytogeny; foliation, leafing; fructification; gametogenesis; germination, sprouting; infructescence; intussusception; juvenescence; life cycle; masculinization, masculinisation, virilization, virilisation; morphogenesis; myelinization, myelinisation; neurogenesis; palingenesis, recapitulation; proliferation; psychomotor development; psychosexual development; rooting; suppression; teething, dentition, odontiasis; teratogenesis; vegetation |
- growing - (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
--2 is a kind of production
--2 has particulars: epitaxy
Verb grow has 10 senses
- turn, grow - pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
--1 is one way to change
Sample sentence:
John will grow angry
- grow - become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
--2 is one way to increase
Sample sentence:
The business is going to grow
- grow - increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"
--3 is one way to develop
Sample sentence:
Did his feet grow?
- grow - cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard"
--4 is one way to develop, make grow
Sample sentence:
They grow rye in the field
- mature, maturate, grow - develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"
--5 is one way to develop
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue grow
- originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow - 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"
--6 is one way to become
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- grow, raise, farm, produce - 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"
--7 is one way to cultivate
Sample sentence:
They grow rye in the field
- grow, develop, produce, get, acquire - 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"
--8 is one way to change
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- develop, grow - 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"
--9 is one way to change
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue grow
- grow - become attached by or as if by the process of growth; "The tree trunks had grown together"
--10 is one way to change
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
|