Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Promoting or encouraging growth, as of plants: as, growing weather.
- noun The gradual increment of animal or vegetable bodies; increase in bulk, extent, amount, value, etc.; augmentation; enlargement.
- noun That which has grown; growth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the sequence of events involved in the development of an organism.
- adjective prenominal increasing in intensity of some quality.
- adjective increasing in size or amount.
- adjective increasing in size and maturity; -- of living things normally healthy and not fully matured.
- adjective p. pr. of
grow (definition 3).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
grow . - noun The action of the verb to grow.
- adjective That grows.
- adjective Connected with growing
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (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 level
- noun (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
- adjective relating to or suitable for growth
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Examples
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Seeing Will and Tessa, she paused, her expression growing more guarded.
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He traced the line of my chin, his expression growing serious.
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Langston was quiet again, his expression growing thoughtful.
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The set of his jaw relaxed, his expression growing gentle as he seemed to get it, to really see her, Shay, for a moment.
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The earl was never beyond earshot, his expression growing more dark and brooding as the days wore on, apparently unable or unwilling to completely trust Robert in his task.
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She shook her head, her expression growing panicked.
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He traced the line of my chin, his expression growing serious.
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