grow (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def become larger, greater, or bigger
def expand or gain
examples The problem grew too large for me
Her business grew fast
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Hypernym increase
Derivationally related form grow → growth
Also see grow → grow up
Hyponym hypertrophy; rise, go up, climb; enlarge; augment; vegetate; mushroom; overgrow, grow over; stretch; develop; expand; boom, thrive, flourish, expand; proliferate; lengthen; ramify, branch; burgeon; root; rise, prove; expand, spread out
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Derivationally related form growth → grow
Hypernym hypertrophy; rise, go up, climb; enlarge; augment; vegetate; mushroom; overgrow, grow over; stretch; develop; expand; boom, thrive, flourish, expand; proliferate; lengthen; ramify, branch; burgeon; root; rise, prove; expand, spread out
Hyponym increase
Cause develop, make grow

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