intransitive verb grew, grown, growing grow′·ing

1. to come into being or be produced naturally; spring up; sprout
2. to exist as living vegetation; thrive cactus grows in sand
3. to increase in size and develop toward maturity, as a plant or animal does by assimilating food
4. to increase in size, quantity, or degree, or in some specified manner to grow in wisdom
5. to come to be; become to grow weary
6. to become attached or united by growth

Etymology: ME growen < OE growan, akin to ON grōa, OHG gruoen < IE base *ghrō-, to grow, turn green > green, grass

transitive verb

1. 1. to cause to grow; raise; cultivate
   2. to cause to develop or flourish to grow a business
2. to cover with a growth: used in the passive a yard grown over with weeds
3. to allow to grow to grow a beard
4. to cause to be or to exist; develop