grow




become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain

"The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"

Type of:
  • increase

Types:
  • hypertrophy
  • rise; go up; climb
  • enlarge
  • augment
  • vegetate
  • mushroom
  • overgrow; grow over
  • stretch
  • develop
  • expand
  • boom; thrive; flourish; expand
  • proliferate
  • lengthen
  • ramify; branch
  • burgeon
  • root
  • rise; prove
  • expand; spread out


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