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(v)
(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
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(intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
(intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with).
(transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
To make a non-linear physical movement.
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
(transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
(transitive) To get.
(intransitive) To appear suddenly.
(adj)
Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
(transitive) To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
(intransitive) To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
(n)
An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
(intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
(transitive) To make (something) larger.
On the increase.
(transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
(transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
(transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
(transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.
(transitive) To make wide or wider.
(intransitive) To become broad or broader.
To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
(transitive) To make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching; to make (something) elongated; to extend, to lengthen.
(ambitransitive) To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.
(intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
A range of values or locations.
(ambitransitive) To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.
(intransitive) To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.
(transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.
(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
To augment or make something greater.
Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.
(intransitive) To move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
(uncountable, countable) The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
(intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
(intransitive) To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.
(transitive) To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.
To help the progress of (something); to further.
(intransitive) To come into view.
(transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.
(copulative, rather formal, followed by an adjective or a noun) begin to be; turn into (often with permanent states).
(transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical action; to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive or push forward.
(transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
(transitive, by extension) To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.
(transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
(transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
(transitive) To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.
(intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.
(transitive) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate.
(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
(intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
(intransitive) To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable.
(intransitive) To happen or take place.
To operate a vehicle:
(intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
(transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.
(transitive) To make deep or deeper
To encourage into action.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
(intransitive) To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.
(transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.
(transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
(transitive) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
(transitive) To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal.
(transitive or intransitive, biology) To generate or propagate offspring or organisms sexually or asexually.
To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
(transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
(intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
(intransitive) to grow ripe; to become mature (said of grain, fruit, flowers etc.)
(intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
(intransitive) To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
(intransitive) To become worse; to get worse.
(transitive) to maintain in an environment suitable for growth (especially of bacteria) (compare cultivate)
(transitive) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).
(transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.
An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
(transitive) To coat with wax or a similar material.
(transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
The act or process of encouraging the growth or development of something.
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of galvanize. [(loosely, dated) To coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means.]
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of pressurize. [To put (physical) pressure on; to put under pressure.]
(transitive) To use a plough on soil to prepare for planting.
To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as:
To grow plants, notably crops.
(transitive) To change or transform (something).
Alternative spelling of marijuana. [The inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect.]
A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.
(intransitive) To grow or expand.
(transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.