grow
/ˈɡɹoʊ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.90 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Children grow quickly."
- "[...] but the dangers to trespassers, especially children, are growing, and a vigorous educational programme is urged."
- "Apples now grow all over the world."
- "Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring."
- "A long tail began to grow from his backside."
- "As I grew throughout adolescence, I came to appreciate many things about human nature."
Etymology
From Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōan, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch groeien (“to grow”), German Low German grojen (“to green; thrive; take hold; flourish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gro (“to grow”), Faroese grógva (“to grow”), Icelandic gróa (“to grow”); also Latin grāmen (“grass, turf; herb, plant”), herba (“grass, herbage; weeds; plant”), Ukrainian гря́ний (hrjányj, “green”). Related to growth, grass, green.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡɹoʊ/
- British English: /ˈɡɹəʊ/