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adj. tending to spread quickly; -- used mostly of plants. [ prenominal ] [ Narrower terms: invasive (vs. noninvasive) ]
Syn. -- aggressive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having reached the limits of growth; mature; fully developed; -- used mostly of living organisms; as, A full-grown lion can easily kill an unarmed man.. “Full-grown wings.” Lowell.
Syn. -- adult, big, fully grown, grown, grownup.[ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

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a. Overgrown with grass; as, a grass-grown road. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. Grew p. p. Grown p. pr. & vb. n. Growing. ] [ AS. grōwan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. grōa, Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf. Green, Grass. ] 1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue. [ 1913 Webster ]

Winter began to grow fast on. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even just the sum that I do owe to you
Is growing to me by Antipholus. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To spring up and come to maturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where law faileth, error groweth. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale. [ 1913 Webster ]

For his mind
Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To become attached or fixed; to adhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Growing cell, or
Growing slide, a device for preserving alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a manner to permit its growth to be watched under the microscope. --
Grown over, covered with a growth. --
To grow out of, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or as a branch from the main stem; to result from. [ 1913 Webster ] These wars have grown out of commercial considerations. A. Hamilton. --
To grow up, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as, grown up children. --
To grow together, to close and adhere; to become united by growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed. Howells.

Syn. -- To become; increase; enlarge; augment; improve; expand; extend. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco. Macaulay.

Syn. -- To raise; to cultivate. See Raise, v. t., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of growth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Arm. grouan gravel, Corn. grow gravel, sand. ] (Mining.) A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who grows or produces; as, a grower of corn; also, that which grows or increases; as, a vine may be a rank or a slow grower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the sequence of events involved in the development of an organism.
Syn. -- growth, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. increasing in intensity of some quality. [ prenominal ]
Syn. -- increasing(prenominal), incremental. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. increasing in size or amount; as, her growing popularity. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. increasing in size and maturity; -- of living things normally healthy and not fully matured.
Syn. -- flourishing, thriving. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. p. pr. of grow (definition 3); as, growing plants. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Growled p. pr. & vb. n. Growling. ] [ D. grollen to grunt, murmur, be angry; akin to G. grollen to be angry. ] To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To express by growling. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who growls. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The large-mouthed black bass. [ Local ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A four-wheeled cab. [ Slang, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a growling manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Grow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. fully developed; adult; mature; -- of people and animals; as, Act like a grownup!.
Syn. -- adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ Cf. gruesome, grewsome, and G. grausen to make shudder, shiver. ] To shiver; to have chills. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel. grōðr, grōði. See Grow. ] 1. The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nature multiplies her fertile growth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lit., greathead. ] A lazy person; a blockhead. [ Obs. ] Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having capacity of growth. [ R. ] J. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. grown or produced at home or in a specific locality; -- of plants or animals. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- local. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Originating in a particular place or region; as, homegrown talent; -- applied broadly, to people (especially people with specific skills), products of manufacture, etc. [ PJC ]

a. Growing or appearing to grow into some other substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having grown or appearing to grow into some other substance, especially a fingernail or toenail growing into the adjacent flesh. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Ingrown toenail, a toenail whose edges have becoming imbedded in the adjacent flesh. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. A growth or development inward. J. LeConte. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having an enlarged liver. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Having lungs that adhere to the pleura. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Bad growth; an unnatural or abnormal growth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Overgrown with moss; mossy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Outgrew p. p. Outgrown p. pr. & vb. n. Outgrowing. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To surpass in growing; to grow more than. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness; to outgrow an infirmity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Overgrew p. p. Overgrown p. pr. & vb. n. Overgrowing. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that which is rank; as, dandelions have overgrown the lawn. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The green . . . is rough and overgrown. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress. [ Obs. ] Mortimer. “O'ergrown with labor.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Usually in the past participle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow beyond the fit or natural size; to grow too large; as, a huge, overgrown ox. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. covered with growing plants. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. abounded in usually unwanted vegetation. [ Narrower terms: wooded (vs. unwooded); weedy ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. Excessive growth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A growth that has covered somethin over. [ PJC ]

v. i. & t. To grow again. [ 1913 Webster ]

The snail had power to regrow them all [ horns, tongue, etc. ] A. B. Buckley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of regrowing; a second or new growth. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

The regrowth of limbs which had been cut off. A. B. Buckley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual, size or height. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Undergrown. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of small stature; not grown to a full height or size. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small trees growing among large trees. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow up. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process or result of growing up; progress; development. [ 1913 Webster ]

The new and mighty upgrowth of poetry in Italy. J. R. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]