the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. the sequence of events involved in the development of an organism.
adj. increasing in intensity of some quality.
adj. increasing in size or amount.
adj. increasing in size and maturity; -- of living things normally healthy and not fully matured.
adj. p. pr. of grow (definition 3).
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The gradual increment of animal or vegetable bodies; increase in bulk, extent, amount, value, etc.; augmentation; enlargement.
n. That which has grown; growth.
Promoting or encouraging growth, as of plants: as, growing weather.
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n. (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
n. (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
adj. relating to or suitable for growth
Word Usage
"The set of his jaw relaxed, his expression growing gentle as he seemed to get it, to really see her, Shay, for a moment."