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growing   (TTS Sound)

The 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")


• growing -- ((electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state)

The 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")


• grow -- (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast")


• grow -- (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")


• grow -- (cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard")


• mature, maturate, grow -- (develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast")


• 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")


• 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")


• 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")


• 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")


• grow -- (become attached by or as if by the process of growth; "The tree trunks had grown together")

The adj growing has 1 sense

• growing -- (relating to or suitable for growth; "the growing season for corn"; "good growing weather")