growing pains | problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages) |
growing pains | emotional distress arising during adolescence |
growing | (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state |
growth growing maturation development ontogeny ontogenesis | (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, he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children |
growing pains | pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth |
growing season | the season during which a crop grows best |
grow develop produce get acquire | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes), He grew a beard, The patient developed abdominal pains, I got funny spots all over my body, Well-developed breasts |
turn grow | pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute, become, The weather turned nasty, She grew angry |
grow | become larger, greater, or bigger, expand or gain, The problem grew too large for me, Her business grew fast |
grow | increase in size by natural process, Corn doesn't grow here, In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees, her hair doesn't grow much anymore |
overgrow grow over | grow beyond or across, The ivy overgrew the patio |
grow | cause to grow or develop, He grows vegetables in his backyard |
mature maturate grow | develop and reach maturity, undergo maturation, He matured fast, The child grew fast |
grow e | become attached by or as if by the process of growth, The tree trunks had grown together |
develop make grow | cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development, The perfect climate here develops the grain, He developed a new kind of apple |
develop a grow | grow emotionally or mature, The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten, When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior |
grow raise farm produce | cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques, The Bordeaux region produces great red wines, They produce good ham in Parma, We grow wheat here, We raise hogs here |
grow up | become an adult |
originate arise rise develop uprise spring up grow | 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 |
fogyish moss-grown mossy stick-in-the-mud(p) stodgy | (used pejoratively) out of fashion, old fashioned, moss-grown ideas about family life |
low-growing flat-growing ground-hugging | of plants that grow relatively low to the ground |
aggressive fast-growing(a) strong-growing | tending to spread quickly, an aggressive tumor |
adult big full-grown fully grown grown grownup | (of animals) fully developed, an adult animal, a grown woman |
moss-grown mossy | overgrown with moss |
leggy tall-growing | (of plants) having tall spindly stems |
growing | relating to or suitable for growth, the growing season for corn, good growing weather |