grow
To get bigger over time.
To become larger in size or amount over a period of time.
To slowly change or become different over time.
To gradually develop, change, or improve in a particular way.
To make plants or food grow by taking care of them.
To make plants, crops, or other living things develop by providing suitable conditions.
To get bigger in number or amount over time.
To become greater in quantity, number, or strength over time.
- Base: grow
- 3rd Person Singular: grows
- Present Participle: growing
- Past: grew
- Past Participle: grown
- Irregular past: grew Verb
- Irregular past participle: grown Verb
grow on someone
1Gradually become liked by someone
To start liking something or someone more and more over time.
- At first I didn't like the song, but it grew on me.
- His strange sense of humor is starting to grow on her.
grow up
1Mature from child to adult
To change from being a child to being an adult.
- I grew up in a small town by the sea.
- She grew up speaking three languages.
let someone grow on you
1Allow liking to develop over time
To give someone time so that you start liking them more later.
- Give him a chance—he might grow on you.
- The new teacher is growing on the students.
grow apart
1Become less close over time
To slowly stop being as close to someone as before.
- We were best friends in school but grew apart after graduation.
- We were best friends in school, but we grew apart after college.
- They grew apart as their interests changed.
- They grew apart after years of living in different countries.