GROW


Meaning of GROW in English

verb

1 increase

ADVERB

▪ fast , quickly , rapidly

▪ considerably , dramatically , significantly , substantially

▪ slowly

▪ slightly

▪ exponentially

The business has grown exponentially over the past ten years.

Well before a billionth of a second had elapsed the universe started to ~ exponentially.

▪ steadily

▪ constantly , continuously

VERB + GROW

▪ seem to

▪ begin to , start to

▪ continue to

▪ be expected to

PREPOSITION

▪ at

The Chinese economy has grown at a record pace.

▪ by

Profits are expected to ~ by 10% next year.

▪ from

Her media empire grew from small beginnings.

▪ in

She continued to ~ in confidence

▪ into

The town grew into a city.

2 of a person, animal, etc.

ADVERB

▪ fast , quickly , rapidly

▪ slowly

▪ normally

PREPOSITION

▪ into

The small puppy quickly grew into a very large dog.

▪ to

to ~ to maturity

3 of plants, hair, etc.

ADVERB

▪ well

Tomatoes ~ best in direct sunlight.

▪ poorly

▪ fast , quickly , rapidly

▪ slowly

▪ slightly

▪ thickly , vigorously

the nettles that grew thickly around the house

▪ outwards/outward , upwards/upward

As the island subsided, the reef grew upward and outward.

VERB + GROW

▪ allow sth to , let sth

I want to let my hair ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ from

The tree grew from a small acorn.

▪ into

Small acorns ~ into great oak trees.

▪ to

These plants can ~ to a height of six feet.

PHRASES

▪ ~ unchecked

A rose had been allowed to ~ unchecked up one of the walls.

4 make plants grow

ADVERB

▪ organically

organically grown produce

▪ commercially

▪ locally

▪ successfully

VERB + GROW

▪ be easy to

a plant which is easy to ~

PHRASES

▪ ~ sth from seed

Grow is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ anger , ↑ anxiety , ↑ appetite , ↑ applause , ↑ asset , ↑ baby , ↑ barley , ↑ base , ↑ beard , ↑ bud , ↑ bulb , ↑ bush , ↑ business , ↑ cell , ↑ child , ↑ city , ↑ collection , ↑ company , ↑ confidence , ↑ consumption , ↑ corn , ↑ crop , ↑ crowd , ↑ crystal , ↑ curiosity , ↑ deficit , ↑ demand , ↑ discomfort , ↑ discontent , ↑ dividend , ↑ economy , ↑ empire , ↑ employment , ↑ enrolment , ↑ enterprise , ↑ enthusiasm , ↑ evidence , ↑ excitement , ↑ expectation , ↑ expenditure , ↑ export , ↑ expression , ↑ face , ↑ fame , ↑ farm , ↑ fear , ↑ fingernail , ↑ firm , ↑ flame , ↑ friendship , ↑ fruit , ↑ fury , ↑ gap , ↑ grass , ↑ grin , ↑ hair , ↑ heat , ↑ hope , ↑ hunger , ↑ idea , ↑ impatience , ↑ import , ↑ income , ↑ industry , ↑ influence , ↑ interest , ↑ irritation , ↑ ivy , ↑ leaf , ↑ likelihood , ↑ list , ↑ love , ↑ lump , ↑ market , ↑ mood , ↑ mould , ↑ movement , ↑ nail , ↑ nettle , ↑ number , ↑ oats , ↑ panic , ↑ percentage , ↑ plant , ↑ popularity , ↑ population , ↑ productivity , ↑ profit , ↑ proportion , ↑ queue , ↑ rage , ↑ rate , ↑ reputation , ↑ resentment , ↑ revenue , ↑ rift , ↑ rivalry , ↑ root , ↑ sale , ↑ saving , ↑ seed , ↑ shoot , ↑ shrub , ↑ silence , ↑ size , ↑ smile , ↑ smirk , ↑ species , ↑ speculation , ↑ stature , ↑ strength , ↑ suburb , ↑ support , ↑ suspicion , ↑ tea , ↑ tension , ↑ town , ↑ trade , ↑ traffic , ↑ tree , ↑ trend , ↑ turnover , ↑ unease , ↑ usage , ↑ vegetables , ↑ vegetation , ↑ volume , ↑ weed , ↑ wheat , ↑ width

Grow is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ barley , ↑ bean , ↑ beard , ↑ bulb , ↑ business , ↑ cannabis , ↑ cell , ↑ coconut , ↑ company , ↑ corn , ↑ cotton , ↑ crop , ↑ economy , ↑ feather , ↑ food , ↑ garden , ↑ grain , ↑ grape , ↑ hair , ↑ herb , ↑ leaf , ↑ lettuce , ↑ moustache , ↑ mushroom , ↑ nail , ↑ oats , ↑ onion , ↑ pea , ↑ per cent , ↑ plant , ↑ potato , ↑ produce , ↑ rice , ↑ root , ↑ shrub , ↑ spine , ↑ tea , ↑ tobacco , ↑ tomato , ↑ tree , ↑ variety , ↑ vegetables , ↑ wheat , ↑ wing

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .