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• out|grow — «owt GROH», verb, grew, grown, grow|ing. –v.t. 1. to grow too large for: »to outgrow one s clothes. 2. Figurative. to grow beyond or away from; get rid of by growing older: »to outgrow boyhood friends, to outgrow a babyish habit …   Useful english dictionary

• grow — W1S1 [grəu US grou] v past tense grew [gru:] past participle grown [grəun US groun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(increase)¦ 2¦(person/animal)¦ 3¦(plants)¦ 4¦(hair/nails)¦ 5¦(become)¦ 6¦(improve)¦ 7 it/money doesn t grow on trees …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• out|grew — «owt GROO», verb. the past tense of out|grow: »Figurative. He used to stutter but he outgrew it …   Useful english dictionary

• grow out — transitive verb : to cause to grow toward or arrive at maturity grow out a steer • grow out of * * * ˌgrow ˈout [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they …   Useful english dictionary

• grow — [[t]gro͟ʊ[/t]] ♦ grows, growing, grew, grown 1) VERB When people, animals, and plants grow, they increase in size and change physically over a period of time. We stop growing at maturity. 2) VERB If a plant or tree grows in a particular place, it …   English dictionary

• grow */*/*/ — UK [ɡrəʊ] / US [ɡroʊ] verb Word forms grow : present tense I/you/we/they grow he/she/it grows present participle growing past tense grew UK [ɡruː] / US [ɡru] past participle grown UK [ɡrəʊn] / US [ɡroʊn] 1) [intransitive] if children or animals… …   English dictionary

• -out — a combining element indicating an extreme form of a specified emotion, activity, etc., as in blow out, grow out, wimp out …  

• grow — [ grou ] (past tense grew [ gru ] ; past participle grown [ groun ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 about children/animals ▸ 2 about plants/cells etc. ▸ 3 about hair/nails ▸ 4 increase in size ▸ 5 increase in success ▸ 6 develop character ▸ 7 start to have… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Grow — (gr[=o]), v. i. [imp. {Grew} (gr[udd]); p. p. {Grown (gr[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Growing}.] [AS. gr[=o]wan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. gr[=o]a, Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf. {Green}, {Grass}.] 1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• grow out of (something) — 1. to become too old to be interested in something. Vinnie did a lot of stupid stuff in high school, but I always thought he d grow out of it. 2. to develop from something. His book grew out of a trip to South America as a member of a government… …   New idioms dictionary