Growing
nnoun.process(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex levelTopic:biological sciencebiology
Synset:development growth maturation ontogenesis ontogeny
Examples:- he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
Antonyms:nondevelopment
Derivationally Related Form:maturateontogeneticdevelopmentalmaturematurationaldevelopgrow
Hypernyms:biological process organic process
Inherited Hypernyms:growthorganic processprocessphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:amelogenesisangiogenesisanthesisappositionauxesisblossomingcaenogenesiscainogenesiscenogenesiscohesioncultivationculturecytogenesiscytogenydentitionefflorescenceflorescencefloweringfoliationfructificationgametogenesisgerminationhabitinflorescenceinfructescenceintussusceptionjuvenescencekainogenesiskenogenesisleafinglife cyclemasculinisationmasculinizationmorphogenesismyelinisationmyelinizationneurogenesisodontiasispalingenesisproliferationpsychogenesispsychomotor developmentpsychosexual developmentrecapitulationrootingsproutingsuppressionteethingteratogenesisvegetationvirilisationvirilization
Part Meronyms:gastrulation
Full Hyponyms:amelogenesisangiogenesisappositionauxesisblossomingcenogenesiscohesioncultivationculturecytogenesisfoliationfructificationgametogenesisgerminationhabitinfructescenceintussusceptionjuvenescencelife cyclemasculinizationmorphogenesismyelinizationneurogenesisoogenesispalingenesisprecocious dentitionproliferationpsychogenesispsychomotor developmentpsychosexual developmentrootingspermatogenesisstartersuppressionteethingteratogenesisvegetation
nnoun.process(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten stateTopic:electronics
Hypernyms:production
Inherited Hypernyms:growingproductionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:epitaxy
vverb.changepass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; becomeSynset:grow turn
Examples:- The weather turned nasty
- She grew angry
Derivationally Related Form:growthturn
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:turnchange
Direct Hyponyms:baldturn
Full Troponyms:baldturn
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP | Something ---s something Adjective/Noun | Something ---s Adjective/Noun | John will --- angry (apply to: grow, turn)
vverb.changebecome larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gainExamples:- The problem grew too large for me
- Her business grew fast
Derivationally Related Form:growth
Hypernyms:increase
Inherited Hypernyms:growincreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:augmentboombranchburgeonclimbdevelopenlargeexpandflourishgo upgrow overhypertrophylengthenmushroomovergrowproliferateproveramifyriserootspread outstretchthrivevegetate
Full Troponyms:adolesceageankyloseaugmentballoonbellyblisterbloatbloomblossomboombudbuild upbullburgeonbush outclimbcome of agecutdedifferentiatederivedevelopdifferentiatedispreaddistenddoteeffloresceenlargeevolveexfoliateexpandfind oneselffossilizegivegrowgrow uphypertrophyincubateleapfroglengthenluxuriatemagnifymaturemushroomovergrowprogressproliferatepufframifyreflatereviveripenriserootsenesceshootsoarspeciatespikestretchswellturntwinundergrowvegetate
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | The business is going to --- (apply to: grow)
vverb.changeincrease in size by natural processExamples:- Corn doesn't grow here
- In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees
- her hair doesn't grow much anymore
Derivationally Related Form:growinggrowth
Hypernyms:develop
Inherited Hypernyms:growdevelopgrowincreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:ancyloseankylosebourgeonburgeon forthcutexfoliategerminatepullulateshootsproutspudtwinundergrowvegetate
Full Troponyms:ankylosecutexfoliateshoottwinundergrowvegetate
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP | Did his feet ---? (apply to: grow)
vverb.changecause to grow or developExamples:- He grows vegetables in his backyard
Derivationally Related Form:growinggrowthgrower
Hypernyms:develop make grow
Inherited Hypernyms:growdevelopchange
Direct Hyponyms:culturegerminaterootrotateswellvegetate
Causes:grow
Full Troponyms:bloatbulgeculturedistendgerminaterootrotateswelltumefyvegetate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- rye in the field (apply to: grow)
vverb.changedevelop and reach maturity; undergo maturationSynset:grow maturate mature
Examples:- He matured fast
- The child grew fast
Derivationally Related Form:growingmaturationgrowthmaturement
Hypernyms:develop
Inherited Hypernyms:maturedevelopgrowincreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:findfind oneselfgrow upripen
Entailment:age get on maturate mature senesce
Full Troponyms:come of agefind oneselfgrow upripen
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: maturate, mature, grow)
vverb.stativecome into existence; take on form or shapeSynset:arise develop grow originate rise spring up uprise
Examples:- A new religious movement originated in that country
- a love that sprang up from friendship
- the idea for the book grew out of a short story
- An interesting phenomenon uprose
Derivationally Related Form:originativegrowthoriginorigination
Hypernyms:become
Inherited Hypernyms:originatebecome
Direct Hyponyms:comecome forthemergefollowheadresurgeswellwell up
Full Troponyms:breakcomecome forthheadresurgewell up
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.creationcultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniquesTopic:agriculturefarminghusbandry
Synset:farm grow produce raise
Examples:- The Bordeaux region produces great red wines
- They produce good ham in Parma
- We grow wheat here
- We raise hogs here
Derivationally Related Form:farmergrowthproduceraiserfarmingfarmgrower
Hypernyms:cultivate
Inherited Hypernyms:growcultivate
Direct Hyponyms:carrykeepoverproduce
Full Troponyms:carryherdkeepoverproducewrangle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | They --- the animals (apply to: raise) | They --- rye in the field (apply to: grow, produce)
vverb.bodycome to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)Synset:acquire develop get grow produce
Examples:- He grew a beard
- The patient developed abdominal pains
- I got funny spots all over my body
- Well-developed breasts
Derivationally Related Form:developmentgetting
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:growchange
Direct Hyponyms:cutfeatherfledgeget upleafpodpupateregrowspringsproutstockstoolteethetillerwork up
Full Troponyms:cutfledgeleafpodpupateregrowspringsproutstoolteethework up
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changegrow emotionally or matureSynset:develop grow
Examples:- The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten
- When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior
Derivationally Related Form:development
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:developchange
Direct Hyponyms:makeoutgrow
Full Troponyms:makeoutgrow
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: develop, grow)
vverb.changebecome attached by or as if by the process of growthExamples:- The tree trunks had grown together
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:growchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
adjadj.pertrelating to or suitable for growthExamples:- the growing season for corn
- good growing weather
Pertainyms:growth
Inherited Hypernyms:growing