Definitions for Grew

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Grew grew

Spelling: [groo]

IPA: /gru/

Grew is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 19 anagrams from letters in Grew (egrw).

Definitions for Grew

verb

1. simple past tense of grow.

Idioms

1. grow a pair, Slang: Vulgar. pair1 (def 23).

Verb phrases

1. grow into, to become large enough for: to become mature or experienced enough for:
2. grow on/upon, to increase in influence or effect: to become gradually more liked or accepted by:
3. grow out of, to become too large or mature for; outgrow: to originate in; develop from:
4. grow up, to be or become fully grown; attain mental or physical maturity. to come into existence; arise:

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to grow:
2. to allow to grow:
3. to cover with a growth (used in the passive):

verb (used without object)

1. to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
2. to form and increase in size by a process of inorganic accretion, as by crystallization.
3. to arise or issue as a natural development from an original happening, circumstance, or source:
4. to increase gradually in size, amount, etc.; become greater or larger; expand:
5. to become gradually attached or united by or as if by growth:
6. to come to be by degrees; become:
7. Nautical. to lie or extend in a certain direction, as an anchor cable.

Origin of Grew

before 900; Middle English growen, Old English grōwan; cognate with Dutch groeien, Old High German grouwan, Old Norse grōa

Examples for Grew

But the day grew old and passed, and the dream was not told.

As she discussed her understanding of the voting rights campaign and how she planned to recreate it, I grew more relieved.

Demarest grew grave again, as he put the question that was troubling him most.

But all the while, the days grew shorter and the nights were colder than they ought to have been.

It seemed as if she grew an inch taller in her scorn of the Inspector's saying.

He grew up both a computer geek in the early days of video games and an avid record collector.

“I grew up in a household with really strong women,” Zufi explains.

He grew pale with passion, turned on his heel, and strode away.

Dickens grew up in a London where child labor was ruthlessly exploited.

Because we all grew up initially thinking it was “God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen.”