grow

to spring up and develop to maturity

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable

grow

3 Phonemes

g r O

onset, rime

gr ow

Morpheme

grow

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Sentence Examples

The city is growing rapidly.

The list of chores to do this weekend keeps growing.

She grew intellectually and emotionally in her first year at college.

It's wonderful to see how she has grown as a person since going to college.

It can be hard to watch our children change as they grow.

He's still just a growing boy.

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