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say it: groh
grow is a verb meaning "pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become". It is pronounced /ˈɡɹoʊ/ — groh. It carries 10 recorded senses.
become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain
“The problem grew too large for me”
“Her business grew fast”
come into existence; take on form or shape
“A new religious movement originated in that country”
“a love that sprang up from friendship”
“the idea for the book grew out of a short story”
“An interesting phenomenon uprose”
become attached by or as if by the process of growth
“The tree trunks had grown together”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for grow come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.