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Definition: Grow |
GrowVerb1. Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become;"The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"; "The teacher became impatient". 2. Become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast". 3. Increase in size by natural process; of living matter, such as plants and animals; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees". 4. Cause to grow or develop: "He grows vegetables in his backyard". 5. Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast". 6. Come into existence; take on form or shape; "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". 7. Cultivate by growing; often involves improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here". 8. Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; The patient developed abdominal pains"; I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts". 9. Grow emotionally or mature; "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". 10. : become attached by or as if by the process of growth; "The tree trunks had grown together". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "grow" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Grow \Grow\, intransitive verb [imperfect Grew; past participle Grown; Growing.]. (references) |
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Multilingual Slang | Catalan (fotre). (references) |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Grow, Raise, Rear. "We grow wheat, corn, oats, and potatoes on our farm." "We raise wheat," etc., would be better. With the same propriety we might use sleep for lodge, and eat for feed, or supply with food; as, "We can eat and sleep fifty persons at one time." The word raise is often incorrectly used in the sense of rear; as, "She raised a family of nine children." It is sometimes employed in the sense of increase, as, "The landlord raised my rent." Increased would be better. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Big O notation (with a capital letter O -- originally an omicron -- not a zero), also called Landau's symbol, is a symbolism used in complexity theory, computer science, and mathematics to describe the asymptotic behavior of functions. It indicates how fast a function grows or declines.
Landau's symbol comes from the name of the German number theorist Edmund Landau who invented the notation. The letter O is used because the rate of growth of a function is also called its order.
For example, when analyzing some algorithm, one might find that the time (or the number of steps) it takes to complete a problem of size n is given by T(n) = 4 n2 − 2 n + 2. If we ignore constants (which makes sense because those depend on the particular hardware the program is run on) and slower growing terms, we could say "T(n) grows at the order of n2" and write:T(n) = O(n2).
In mathematics, it is often important to get a handle on the error term of an approximation. For instance, one may write
to express the fact that the error is smaller in absolute value than some constant times x3 if x is close enough to 0.
For the formal definition, suppose f(x) and g(x) are two functions defined on some subset of the real numbers. We write
if and only if there exist constants N and C such that
- f(x) = O(g(x)) as x → ∞
Intuitively, this means that f does not grow faster than g.
- |f(x)| ≤ C |g(x)| for all x > N.
If a is some real number, we write
if and only if there exist constants d > 0 and C such that
- f(x) = O(g(x)) for x -> a
- |f(x)| ≤ C |g(x)| for all x with |x-a| < d.
The first definition is the only one used in computer science (where typically only positive functions with a natural number n as argument are considered; the absolute values can then be ignored), while both usages appear in mathematics.
Here is a list of classes of functions that are commonly encountered when analyzing algorithms. The slower growing functions are listed first. c is some arbitrary constant.
notation name O(1) constant O(log(n)) logarithmic O((log(n))c) polylogarithmic O(n) linear O(n log(n)) sometimes called "linearithmic" O(n2) quadratic O(nc) polynomial, sometimes "geometric" O(cn) exponential O(n!) factorial Note that O(nc) and O(cn) are very different. The latter grows much, much faster, no matter how big the constant c is. A function that grows faster than any power of n is called superpolynomial. One that grows slower than an exponential function of the form cn is called subexponential. An algorithm can require time that is both superpolynomial and subexponential; examples of this include the fastest algorithms known for integer factorization.
Note, too, that O(log n) is exactly the same as O(log(nc)). The logarithms differ only by a constant factor, (since log(nc)=c log(n)) and thus the big O notation ignores that. Similarly, logs with different constant bases are equivalent.
The above list is useful because of the following fact: if a function f(n) is a sum of functions, one of which grows faster than the others, then the faster growing one determines the order of f(n). Example: If f(n) = 10 log(n) + 5 (log(n))3 + 7 n + 3 n2 + 6 n3, then f(n) = O(n3). One caveat here: the number of summands has to be constant and may not depend on n.
This notation can also be used with multiple variables and with other expressions on the right side of the equal sign. The notation:
represents the statement:
- f(n,m) = n2 + m3 + O(n+m)
Obviously, this notation is abusing the equality symbol, since it violates the axiom of equality: "things equal to the same thing are equal to each other". To be more formally correct, some people (mostly mathematicians, as opposed to computer scientists) prefer to define O(g(x)) as a set-valued function, whose value is all functions that do not grow faster then g(x), and use set membership notation to indicate that a specific function is a member of the set thus defined. Both forms are in common use, but the sloppier equality notation is more common at present.
- ∃C ∃N ∀n,m>N : f(n,m)≤n2+m3+C(n+m)
Another point of sloppiness is that the parameter whose asymptotic behaviour is being examined is not clear. A statement such as f(x,y) = O(g(x,y)) requires some additional explanation to make clear what is meant. Still, this problem is rare in practice.
Related notations
In addition to the big O notations, another Landau symbol is used in mathematics: the little o. Informally, f(x) = o(g(x)) means that f grows much slower than g and is insignificant in comparison.
Formally, we write f(x) = o(g(x)) (for x -> ∞) if and only if for every C>0 there exists a real number N such that for all x > N we have |f(x)| < C |g(x)|; if g(x) ≠ 0, this is equivalent to limx→∞ f(x)/g(x) = 0.
Also, if a is some real number, we write f(x) = o(g(x)) for x -> a if and only if for every C>0 there exists a positive real number d such that for all x with |x - a| < d we have |f(x)| < C |g(x)|; if g(x) ≠ 0, this is equivalent to limx -> a f(x)/g(x) = 0.
Big O is the most commonly used of five notations for comparing functions:
Notation Definition Analogy f(n) = O(g(n)) see above ≤ f(n) = o(g(n)) see above < f(n) = Ω(g(n)) g(n)=O(f(n)) ≥ f(n) = ω(g(n)) g(n)=o(f(n)) > f(n) = Θ(g(n)) f(n)=O(g(n)) and g(n)=O(f(n)) = The notations Θ and Ω are often used in computer science; the lower-case o is common in mathematics but rare in computer science. The lower-case ω is rarely used.
A common error is to confuse these by using O when Θ is meant. For example, one might say "heapsort is O(n log n) in average case" when the intended meaning was "heapsort is Θ(n log n) in average case". Both statements are true, but the latter is a stronger claim.
Another notation sometimes used in computer science is Õ (read Soft-O).
f(n) = Õ(g(n)) is shorthand for f(n) = O(g(n) logkn) for some k. Essentially, it is Big-O, ignoring logarithmic factors.The notations described here are used for approximating formulas (e.g. those in the sum article), for analysis of algorithms (e.g. those in the heapsort article), and for the definitions of terms in complexity theory (e.g. polynomial time).
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Big O notation."
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Grow is a town located in Rusk County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 473.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 91.7 km² (35.4 mi²). 91.7 km² (35.4 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 473 people, 160 households, and 127 families residing in the town. The population density is 5.2/km² (13.4/mi²). There are 175 housing units at an average density of 1.9/km² (4.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 99.15% White, 0.21% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.42% from two or more races. 0.63% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 160 households out of which 38.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.6% are married couples living together, 10.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 20.6% are non-families. 17.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.96 and the average family size is 3.39. In the town the population is spread out with 33.2% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 22.6% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 106.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 106.5 males. The median income for a household in the town is $36,484, and the median income for a family is $40,000. Males have a median income of $25,500 versus $22,000 for females. The per capita income for the town is $13,133. 18.2% of the population and 12.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 24.2% are under the age of 18 and 19.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Grow, Wisconsin."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
GROW | English | Group recycling of wood | Food & Agriculture |
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Synonyms: GrowSynonyms: acquire (v), arise (v), develop (v), farm (v), get (v), maturate (v), mature (v), originate (v), produce (v), raise (v), rise (v), spring up (v), turn (v), uprise (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Continuance in action | Verb: be converted into; become, get, wax; come to, turn to, turn into, evolve into, develop into; turn out, lapse, shift; run into, fall into, pass into, slide into, glide into, grow into, ripen into, open into, resolve itself into, settle into, merge into, emerge as; melt, grow, come round to, mature, mellow; assume the form of, assume the shape of, assume the state of, assume the nature of, assume the character of; illapse; begin a new phase, assume a new phase, undergo a change. |
Expansion | Verb: become larger; (large; ); expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather; fill out; deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread; mantle, wax; grow up, spring up; bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth; gain flesh, gather flesh; outgrow; spread like wildfire, overrun. |
Increase | Verb: increase, augment, add to, enlarge; dilate; (expand); grow, wax, get ahead. gain strength; advance; run up, shoot up; rise; ascend; sprout. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Grow |
| English words defined with "grow": grow over ♦ make grow ♦ To grow up. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "grow": Waist. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It will grow back again (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) Or have you ever, like, seen somebody? And you knew that, if only that person really knew you, they would, well, they would of course dump the perfect model that they were with, and realize that you were the one that they wanted to, just, grow old with (While You Were Sleeping; writing credit: Daniel G. Sullivan and Fredric LeBow.) It's the only way we grow. (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas) Look, we grow weed (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) Grow up (Hook; writing credit: J.M. Barrie;) | |
Lyrics | Mama's don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys, ("Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys"; performing artist: Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson) I'm gonna grow my hair right down to my feet (Just Push Play; performing artist: Aerosmith) The Vertigo is gonna grow (One Week; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies) The feeling takes so long to grow (Amanda; performing artist: Boston) We'll find a place where there's room to grow (We've Only Just Begun; performing artist: Carpenters) | |
Clever | Even in a pile of manure, a flower will grow. (references; author: unknown) We only grow when we step outside our comfort zone. (references; author: unknown) What flowers grow between your nose and your chin? Tulips. (references; author: unknown) Mushrooms always grow in damp places and so they look like umbrellas. (references; author: unknown) Cultivate money and you grow rich. Cultivate mind and you raise culture. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | As Boys Grow... (1957) Why Grow Fat Hogs? (1955) Green Grow the Rushes (1951) When I Grow Up (1951) Tulips Shall Grow (1942) | |
Song Titles | Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (performing artist: Willie Nelson) | |
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 | Animal studies are necessary to confirm in vitro results before trials in human beings can be considered. One new approach is to enclose human cancer cells in microscopic capsules and grow them in laboratory-bred mice, which are then treated with a test drug. Credit: Mike Mitchell (photographer). |  | The metastatic colony is the end result of a complicated multistep process. The tumor cells from a primary tumor invade local tissue and gain access to the venous circulation (intravasation). Circulating tumor cells, singly or in clumps, are transported to target organs where they lodge in the capillary bed. Thus arrested, these tumor cells penetrate the endothelial cell lining and the underlining basement membrane to exit the circulation (extravasation). They then grow as a metastatic colony, a development that requires new blood vessels (neovascularization). To complete this multistep process, the tumor cells must overcome the host's defenses. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Aquatic bacteria were grown as biofilm on steel for one week. Biofilms are colonies of microorganisms that attach and grow on a solid surface that has been exposed to water. Credit: CDC. |  | The schizont stages of Plasmodium spp. development include the formation of merozoites, which in this case, are ready to be released back into the blood to once again begin schizogony, infecting new red blood cells, or grow into gametocytes. Credit: CDC. |
 | Oyster setting tanks at the University of Maryland Horn Point Environmental Laboratory on the Choptank River. Used by the Oyster Recovery Partnership, oyster larvae are placed in these tanks for two days, allowing them to set on shells where they stay and continue to grow for the rest of their lives. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Mangrove islands grow in the channel between Miami and Key Biscayne. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | A mountain of oysters. Where spawning conditions are good, oysters in their natural state will attach themselves, one generation atop another, until great ridges of them exist up to high tide. However, such oysters are poor quality and of little commercial value. By spreading them out and giving them room to grow, the quality can be improved. F&W A-6151. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Floating grow-out cage in lagoon - fish grow to market size in this cage. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Giant kelp, an important fisheries habitat can grow as much as two feet a day in depths at up to 150 feet. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve. Resurrection ferns grow on the bark of live oak trees and thrive following rainy weather. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
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| "Summer shadows" by Erling Andersen Commentary: "As dusk falls, the shadows grow long on a summer-green lawn." | "Macro maguey cactus" by Annette Gulick Commentary: "A close-up of a baby maguey cactus (they grow to be a big a car)." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Franklin | Many foxes grow gray but few grow good. |
George Herbert | Storms make the oak grow deeper roots. |
Jean De La Bruyere | Out of difficulties grow miracles. |
John Dryden | Mighty things from small beginnings grow. |
Robert Browning | Grow old with me the best is yet to come. |
Sextus Aurelius Propertius | Absence makes the heart grow fonder. |
Shirley Conran | You're never too old to grow up. |
Solon | I grow old ever learning many things. |
Virgil | Years grow cold to love. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Thus people, riches, trade, power, change their stations, flourishing mighty cities come to ruin, and prove in times neglected desolate corners, whilst other unfrequented places grow into populous countries, filled with wealth and inhabitants. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | This might be started on a modest scale and would grow as confidence grew. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | She will grow just refined enough to be uncomfortable with those among whom birth and circumstances have placed her home |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | At every moment the old man seemed to grow more chatty and more fluent |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Fauchelevent had seen this mere artisan grow rich, while he himself, a professional man, had been going to ruin |
Brighton Beach Memoirs | Neil Simon | I even hated Stanley a little because he left me there to grow up all by myself |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Why, my good cousin, it is good to grow. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Grape blossoms shed their tiny petals and the hard little beads become green buttons, and the buttons grow heavy |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | It had a cock near the bottom to let out the water when it began to grow stale, and two servants could easily fill it in half an hour |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Grow wild according to thy nature, like these sedges and brakes, which will never become English bay. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In your lymph vessels they grow into adults. (references) | |
Babies who survive BPD grow more slowly than normal. (references) | ||
During this time capillaries grow in the lung tissue. (references) | ||
Business | Development would grow in relation to energy prices liberalization. (references) | |
The pre-paid calling system is expected to grow over the next few years. (references) | ||
For year 2000, they are expected to grow 9.4 percent to US $3.5 million. (references) | ||
Children | Indonesia | Almost 50 percent of children grow up in unhealthy or unsafe environments. (references) |
Korea | As public awareness of the problem of child abuse continued to grow, the number of reported cases was increasing. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Romania | Independent media continued to grow in an increasingly competitive market. (references) |
Economic History | Nepal | Sales may continue to grow steadily. (references) |
Hungary | Travel services will continue to grow. (references) | |
Ireland | The Irish wine market continues to grow. (references) | |
Human Rights | United Arab Emirates | Most judges are noncitizen Arabs, whose mandate is subject to periodic renewal by the Government; however, the number of citizens serving as public prosecutors and judges, particularly at the federal level, continued to grow. (references) |
Mexico | Federal prosecutors continued to adhere to the INI's recommendation that they drop charges against indigenous first-time offenders accused of drug cultivation, as drug traffickers often forced indigenous defendants, who were not aware of the legal significance of their actions, to grow the crops. (references) | |
Minorities | Fiji | The minority Chinese community continued to grow, primarily through illegal immigration. (references) |
Political Economy | Ireland | Consumer spending is forecast to grow by 7.75 percent in 2001. (references) |
ROMANIA | In 2001, U.S. exports to Romania are projected to grow 17 percent. (references) | |
Malaysia | Analysts expect the economy to grow from 1 to 3 percent during the year. (references) | |
Political Rights | China | The two were arrested in June 1999. Despite CCP control of the Government, limited democratic decisionmaking at the local level continued to grow as the local village committee elections program expanded. (references) |
Travel | Israel | Commuter trains are becoming a more popular means of travel between these points as the rush-hour traffic and congestion continues to grow around Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. (references) |
Women | Russia | NGO's, alone or in cooperation with local governments, operate more than 55 women's crisis centers throughout the country, and their number continued to grow. (references) |
Worker Rights | Belarus | Major wage arrears continued to grow, especially in the agricultural sector. (references) |
Uganda | Many civil servants and their dependents work in second jobs, grow their own food, or seek other ways to supplement their incomes. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ROUNDHEAD, n. A member of the Parliamentarian party in the English civil war -- so called from his habit of wearing his hair short, whereas his enemy, the Cavalier, wore his long. There were other points of difference between them, but the fashion in hair was the fundamental cause of quarrel. The Cavaliers were royalists because the king, an indolent fellow, found it more convenient to let his hair grow than to wash his neck. This the Roundheads, who were mostly barbers and soap-boilers, deemed an injury to trade, and the royal neck was therefore the object of their particular indignation. Descendants of the belligerents now wear their hair all alike, but the fires of animosity enkindled in that ancient strife smoulder to this day beneath the snows of British civility. |
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Colin Powell | Never, never will. But I'm also pro-human kind, and I'm also pro-Palestinian to the extent that they are human beings, to the extent that they have a desire to see their children grow up in peace. |
Dennis Miller | If Americans are to grow as a people, they need to think of Martha Stewart not as a conniving bitch but, rather, as a deceitful bastard. |
Lynne Cheney | It's always hard to have to tell little kids that there are evil people in the world. You know, you try to keep that news from them, I think, for as a long as you can, sort of nurture them and help them grow up and feel safe and loved. |
Martha Stewart | You have to grow the rice. You have to make the rice wine vinegar to put in the rice. You have to catch the fish. You have to learn how to cut it up. It's a lot more complicated than it looks. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | A single assembly is apt to grow ambitious, and after a time will not hesitate to vote itself perpetual. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing Government, they can exercise their 'constitutional' right of amending it or their 'revolutionary' right to dismember or overthrow it. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | May we grow in strength--without pride in self. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Each day we draw nearer the hour of maximum danger, as weapons spread and hostile forces grow stronger. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Little would grow in that harsh caliche soil of my country. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | In an era where the strategic nuclear forces are in rough equilibrium, the risks of conflict below the nuclear threshold may grow more perilous. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The demand for America's agricultural abundance, here and abroad, continues to grow. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | I have seen television grow from a parlor novelty to become the most powerful vehicle of communication in history. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | But as our communities grow, our commitment to conservation must continue to grow. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | And there's no better way to help our economy grow than to leave more money in the hands of the men and women who earned it. |
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| "Grow" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 66.59% of the time. "Grow" is used about 5,466 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 66.59% | 3,640 | 2,672 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 33.39% | 1,825 | 4,651 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,466 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "grow" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Grow | Last name | 2,000 | 6,264 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "grow". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Gro | Female | Scandinavian | Grow |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Grow Biz International, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "grow": absence makes the heart grow fonder ♦ begin to grow ♦ grow a beard ♦ grow a moustache ♦ grow accustomed to ♦ grow angry ♦ grow apace ♦ grow apart ♦ grow away ♦ grow away from ♦ grow bald ♦ grow bare ♦ grow beautiful ♦ grow big ♦ grow cheeky ♦ grow civilized ♦ grow close ♦ grow closer ♦ grow cold ♦ grow cool ♦ grow dark ♦ grow deaf ♦ grow decrepit ♦ grow different ♦ grow dim ♦ grow dumb ♦ grow faint ♦ grow fainter ♦ grow fat ♦ grow fat stout ♦ grow feathers ♦ grow feeble ♦ grow fervent ♦ grow flowers ♦ grow fond ♦ grow fond of ♦ grow fond of smb. ♦ grow from ♦ grow furious ♦ grow gloomy ♦ grow hoarse ♦ grow hot ♦ grow impatient ♦ grow impudent ♦ grow in ♦ grow in size ♦ grow in value ♦ grow in wisdom ♦ grow insolent ♦ grow into ♦ grow into a man ♦ grow into ears ♦ grow into the job ♦ grow inwards ♦ grow lazy ♦ grow lean ♦ grow less ♦ grow light ♦ grow longer ♦ grow milder ♦ grow moldy ♦ grow mouldy ♦ grow musty ♦ grow numb ♦ grow old ♦ grow on ♦ grow on trees ♦ grow one's hair long ♦ grow out ♦ grow out of ♦ grow out of use ♦ grow over ♦ grow overcast ♦ grow pale ♦ grow pale from fear ♦ grow paler ♦ grow plump ♦ grow poor ♦ grow profusely ♦ grow quiet ♦ grow rabid ♦ grow rampant ♦ grow ranks ♦ grow rapidly ♦ grow red ♦ grow rich ♦ grow rife ♦ grow ripe ♦ grow roots ♦ grow round ♦ grow sad ♦ grow savage ♦ grow sick of ♦ grow sickly ♦ grow silent ♦ grow smaller ♦ grow somewhat pale ♦ grow stale ♦ grow stiff ♦ grow stout ♦ grow strong. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "grow": grow-bag, grow-bags, grow-up. | |
Ending with "grow": easy-to-grow, re-grow. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
grow hair | 780 | grow grape | 62 |
grow taller | 647 | grow pineapple | 61 |
carol grow | 438 | grow plant | 58 |
grow light | 408 | grow grass | 58 |
miracle grow | 244 | grow long hair | 53 |
grow | 228 | grow hydro | 51 |
grow tomato | 139 | grow garlic | 49 |
make hair grow faster | 123 | grow rooms | 47 |
grow high | 114 | bamboo grow | 45 |
grow shrooms | 107 | grow old along with me | 44 |
grow old with me | 97 | grow a frog | 44 |
grow mushroom | 90 | grow avocado | 43 |
grow cannabis | 87 | toy to grow on | 41 |
think and grow rich | 81 | grow tall | 41 |
grow rose | 70 | grow kit mushroom | 40 |
grow strawberry | 69 | grow lavender | 40 |
grow orchid | 67 | grow herb | 39 |
grow hair faster | 67 | grow n spray | 39 |
make my hair grow | 64 | fixed grow have operator room | 39 |
grow magic mushroom | 63 | grow hair fast | 38 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "grow"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | word (become, come about, get, happen, is), raak (become, come about, get, happen), kweek (cultivate), aankweek (cultivate), beskawe (civilize, cultivate), beskaaf (civilize, cultivate). (various references) | |
Albanian | gjendem (be, be discovered, be found, be present, be situated, find oneself, stand, turn up), zhvilloj (develop, drive, elaborate, evolve, expand, hold, increase, navigate, prosecute, wage), shtohem (accrue, augment, breed, flare up, multiply, proliferate, propagate, pullulate, stiffen, swell, wax), rrit (add to, augment, boost, breed, bring up, enhance, expand, extend, heighten, hike, improve, increase, intensify, keep, maximize, mother, raise, up), kultivoj (cultivate, farm, rear), jetoj (be alive, belong, dwell, exist, inhabit, live, Lodge, reside, see the light, witness), bëj (achieve, act, beget, carry into effect, carry on, carry out, carry through, catch, cause, commit, create, do, effect, effectuate, fabricate, have, make, make up, navigate, pay, perform, perpetrate, proceed, render, study, transact, wage, wreak), bëhem (become, fly into, get, make, ripen, wax). (various references) | |
Arabic | كبر (aggrandize, amplify, augment, bigness, bulkiness, enlarge, grow old, grow up, increase, magnify), نما (develop, expand, flower, gather, increase, prosper, shoot, thrive, unfold), نشأ (arise, emerge, engender), زاد (add, augment, boost, compound, dispense with, enhance, extend, get dearer, heighten, increase, jump, provisions, push up, put up with smth., supplement, swell, victuals), زرع (crop, cultivate, implant, lay, plant, plantation, planting, put in, rear, seed, sow, sowing, vegetate), إزداد (augment, gain, heighten, mount, multiply, wax), إشتد (build up, heighten, increase, intensify, strengthen), أنتج (afford, bear, breed, create, do, generate, induce, issue, make, originate, output, procreate, produce, push along, reproduce, result, spawn, turn out), راع (appeal, guardian, herdsman). (various references) | |
Asturian | medrar (to grow). (various references) | |
Aymara | jilaña (to grow). (various references) | |
Basque | hazi (breed, grow to). (various references) | |
Bemba | ukukula (to grow). (various references) | |
Blackfoot | istawa'si (to grow). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ставам (arise, become, come, come round, eventuate, fit, get, get up, intervene, occur, pass, proceed, pull up, rise, roll out, run, stand, take place, transpire, turn, turn out, up), раста (increase, lengthen, vegetate, wax), развивам се (come round, flower, germ, progress, quicken, roll off, run out, shape up, turn out), отглеждам (breed, bring up, cradle, cultivate, fledge, flower, incubate, nourish, nurse, raise, rear, tend), обраствам (entwine), нараствам (accrete, accrue, increase, run up, thicken), засявам (seed, stock), пускам си, пускам (admit, bleed, cast off, course, discharge, dismiss, drive, drop, float, fly, give off, issue, let, let fall, let go, let loose, mail, play, push out, put forth, put on, put out, release, rip out, run, send forth, slip, start, start up, throw in, turn out, uncork, unhand, unleash), пораствам (grow big, grow tall, grow up, shoot up, sprout, wax), покарвам (braird, burgeon out, germinate, pullulate, push out, put out, shoot, sprout, thrust forth), пониквам (come up, come up to the surface, erupt, pullulate, push through, put out, spring up), израствам (grow up, sprout), достигам (abut upon, achieve, acquire, carry down, come, come by, come down, fetch, gain, greet, hit, reach, scale, turn, win). (various references) | |
Cebuano | motubo (to grow). (various references) | |
Chamorro | para man dankolo (to grow). (various references) | |
Chinese | 生長 , 種植 (plant), 殖 (reproduce), 增長 (increase), 增长 (Grew, grown). (various references) | |
Cornish | tevy (to grow). (various references) | |
Czech | vyskytovat se kde, vyrùst (grow up, outgrow), stát se (become, come, come about, get, happen, join, occur, pass), srùst (adhesion, coalesce), rùst (accretion, grow up, growth, increase, plant, spindle, upgrowth, vegetate), růst, přibývat (accrue, swell, wax), pìstovat (breed, cultivate, prosecute, pursue, rear, till, train), pěstovat. (various references) | |
Danish | vokse (accrue), ske (become, come about, happen, occur, spoon), blive (abide, become, come about, get, happen, remain, stay, stay over). (various references) | |
Dutch | voortgang hebben (become, come about, happen), toegaan (be closed, become, close, come about, happen), gebeuren (become, come about, event, happen, occasion, occur, occurence, opportunity). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | p'ucuna (to grow), huiñana (to grow). (various references) | |
Esperanto | pliiĝi (augment, increase), kulturi (cultivate), kreski, iĝi (become, get), fariĝi (become, come about, happen). (various references) | |
Faeroese | gerast (become, come about, get, happen), verða (become, come about, get, happen), vaksa (accrue, vegetate). (various references) | |
Farsi | کاشتن (Husband, Implant, Inseminate, Plant, Seed), گشتن (Go, Goggle, Roam, Roll, Search, Swirl, Troll, Trundle, Turquoise), ترقی کردن (Climb, Remunerate, Up, Upwell), سبزشدن (Germinate, Green, Sprout), زیادشدن (Augment, Gain, Increase, Mount, Proliferate, Wax), رویانیدن , روءیدن (Vegetate), رستن (Escape), رشدکردن (Mature, Wax), شدن (Be, Become, Branch, Lapse, Wind), بزرگ شدن (Amplify, Gather, Lump). (various references) | |
Finnish | viljellä (cultivate, culture, raise, till), kasvaa (accrue, increase, vegetate). (various references) | |
French | devenir, s'accroître, grandir, cultiver, croître, augmenter. (various references) | |
Frisian | wurde (become, get), waakse (accrue, to grow), oanwaakse (accrue), oangroeie (accrue). (various references) | |
