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grew 音标拼音: [gr'u] vbl. grow的过去式 grow的过去式 Grew \ Grew\ ( gr[ udd]), imp. of { Grow}. Grewsome
Grow \ Grow\ ( gr[= o]), v. i. [ imp. { Grew} ( gr[ udd]); p. p. { Grown ( gr[= o] n); p. pr. & vb. n. { Growing}.] [ AS. gr[= o] wan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. gr[= o] a, 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]
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