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Grown
(gcide) | 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.
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2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to
be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.
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Winter began to grow fast on. --Knolles.
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Even just the sum that I do owe to you
Is growing to me by Antipholus. --Shak.
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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.
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Where law faileth, error groweth. --Gower.
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4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect
from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.
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For his mind
Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary. --Byron.
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5. To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
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Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
--Shak.
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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.
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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.
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grown up
(mass) | grown up
- dospelý |
grown up
(encz) | grown up,dospělý |
ingrown hair
(encz) | ingrown hair, n: |
ingrown toenail
(encz) | ingrown toenail, n: |
fogyish mossgrown mossy stick-in-the-mudprenominal stodgy old-fashioned
(gcide) | nonmodern \nonmodern\ adj.
1. not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time.
Opposite of modern. [Narrower terms: antebellum;
{fogyish, mossgrown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(prenominal),
stodgy old-fashioned}; medieval, mediaeval, gothic;
old-time, quaint; unmodernized; victorian;
old-fashioned, outmoded; old-world] Also See: old,
past.
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Grown over
(gcide) | 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.
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2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to
be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.
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Winter began to grow fast on. --Knolles.
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Even just the sum that I do owe to you
Is growing to me by Antipholus. --Shak.
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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.
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Where law faileth, error groweth. --Gower.
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4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect
from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.
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For his mind
Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary. --Byron.
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5. To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
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Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
--Shak.
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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.
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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.
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Ingrown toenail
(gcide) | Ingrown \In"grown`\, a.
Having grown or appearing to grow into some other substance,
especially a fingernail or toenail growing into the adjacent
flesh.
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Ingrown toenail, a toenail whose edges have becoming
imbedded in the adjacent flesh.
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ingrown hair
(wn) | ingrown hair
n 1: a hair that does not emerge from the follicle but remains
embedded in the skin (usually causing inflammation) |
ingrown toenail
(wn) | ingrown toenail
n 1: toenail having its free tip or edges embedded in the
surrounding flesh [syn: ingrown toenail, onyxis] |
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