*growth*

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 ]

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

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

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

n. 1. Excessive growth. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

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 ]

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