upgrowthn.
/ˈʌpɡrəʊθ/, U.S. /ˈəpˌɡroʊθ/ 1. The process or fact of growing up; origination, development.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun]
growingc1380
profitingc1384
increasec1385
bettering?c1425
progress1457
advancementc1475
service1533
progression1586
increment1609
upgrowinga1618
flowering1629
rise1676
development1756
evolution1796
march1818
headway1832
upgrowth1844
upbuilding1876
the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > origination or derivation
originalc1425
originationc1443
offspringa1500
origin1528
descent1532
outspring1538
breeding1549
pedigree1566
exorture1578
genesis1604
edition1605
derivation1609
elementing1638
procedure1651
ingeneration1652
originacy1659
filiation1799
upgrowth1844
1844 S. Wilberforce Hist. Protestant Episcopal Church Amer. i. 2 The up-growth of such a body amongst institutions so unlike our own.
1869 A. W. Haddan Apostolical Succession Church Eng. v. 104 The speedy upgrowth..of contentions and schisms.
2.
a. That which has grown up; a result of growth or development.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > a growth, or something that grows
growing1549
upgrowth1845
1845 R. C. Trench Fitness Holy Script. ii. 26 The parts of it being the upgrowth of a single age.
1873 H. E. Manning Serm. Eccl. Subj. III. p. lxxxiv The International is a new creation or upgrowth from beneath.
b. spec. A raised growth or process.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [noun]
boss1386
process1565
pitch1566
promontorium1791
promontory1793
papula1795
papule1821
outgrowth1855
upgrowth1870
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 11 The..sixth and seventh [lateral processes] have prominent upgrowths.
1893 Bower in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 185 504 Evidence..of the origin of upgrowths (sporangiophores) which would raise the sporangia beyond the surface.
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