of animals Fully developed:
— A grown woman.

synonyms: adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grownup.

Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become.

synonym: turn.

Become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain.

Dutch: wassen, aangroeien, aanwassen, groeien, meerderen, vermeerderen

Increase in size by natural process.

Dutch: groeien, wassen

Cause to grow or develop.

Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation.

synonyms: maturate, mature.

Roget 144: be converted into; become, get, wax; come to, turn to, turn into, evolve into, develop into; turn out, lapse, shift; run into, fall into, pass into, slide into, glide into, grow into, ripen into, open into, resolve itself into, settle into, merge into, emerge as; melt, grow, come round to, mature, mellow; assume the form of, assume the shape of, assume the state of, assume the nature of, assume the character of; illapse^†; begin a new phase, assume a new phase, undergo a change.    convert into, resolve into; make, render; mold, form etc. 240; remodel, new model, refound^†, reform, reorganize; assimilate to, bring to, reduce to.    ... show more

Dutch: groeien, wassen

Come into existence; take on form or shape.

synonyms: arise, develop, originate, rise, spring up, uprise.

Roget 35: increase, augment, add to, enlarge; dilate etc. (expand) 194; grow, wax, get ahead.    gain strength; advance; run up, shoot up; rise; ascend etc. 305; sprout etc. 194.    aggrandize; raise, exalt; deepen, heighten; strengthen; intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble; aggravate, exaggerate; exasperate, exacerbate; add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino [Lat.], superadd etc. (add) 37; spread etc. (disperse) 73.    ... show more

Roget 194: become larger etc. (large) etc. 192; expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate^†, swell, gather; fill out; deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread; mantle, wax; grow up, spring up; bud, bourgeon [Fr.], shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth; gain flesh, gather flesh; outgrow; spread like wildfire, overrun.    be larger than; surpass etc. (be superior) 33.    render larger etc. (large) etc. 192; expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram; exaggerate; fatten.    ... show more

Dutch: komen, ontspinnen, ontspringen, ontspruiten, stammen, teruggaan, voortkomen, voortspruiten, wortelen

Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques:
— We grow wheat here.

synonyms: farm, produce, raise.

Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).

synonyms: acquire, develop, get, produce.

Dutch: ontwikkelen

Grow emotionally or mature.

synonym: develop.

Become attached by or as if by the process of growth.