fast-growing
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adjective satellite tending to spread quickly
aggressive; fast-growing.
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flat-growing
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adjective satellite of plants that grow relatively low to the ground
ground-hugging; flat-growing.
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full-grown
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adjective satellite (of animals) fully developed
grown; full-grown; big; adult; grownup.
- an adult animal
- a grown woman
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Full"-grown` adjective
Definitions
- Having reached the limits of growth; mature. "Full-grown wings."
Lowell.
Webster 1913
fully grown
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adjective satellite (of animals) fully developed
grown; full-grown; big; adult; grownup.
- an adult animal
- a grown woman
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grass-grown
Grass"-grown` adjective
Definitions
- Overgrown with grass; as, a grass-grown road.
Webster 1913
grow over
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verb grow beyond or across
overgrow.
- The ivy overgrew the patio
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Growing cell, or Growing slide
- a device for preserving alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a manner to permit its growth to be watched under the microscope.
Webster 1913
growing pains
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noun pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth
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noun emotional distress arising during adolescence
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noun problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages)
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growing season
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noun the season during which a crop grows best
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liver-grown
Liv"er-grown` adjective
Definitions
- Having an enlarged liver.
Dunglison.
Webster 1913
low-growing
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adjective satellite of plants that grow relatively low to the ground
ground-hugging; flat-growing.
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lung-grown
Lung"-grown` adjective
Definitions
- (Med.) Having lungs that adhere to the pleura.
Webster 1913
make grow
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verb cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
develop.
- The perfect climate here develops the grain
- He developed a new kind of apple
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moss-grown
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adjective satellite overgrown with moss
mossy.
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adjective satellite (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
fogyish; mossy; stodgy; stick-in-the-mud.
- moss-grown ideas about family life
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Moss"-grown` adjective
Definitions
- Overgrown with moss.
Webster 1913
strong-growing
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adjective satellite tending to spread quickly
aggressive; fast-growing.
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tall-growing
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adjective satellite (of plants) having tall spindly stems
leggy.
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To grow out of
- to issue from, as plants from the soil, or as a branch from the main stem; to result from.
Webster 1913
To grow together
- to close and adhere; to become united by growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed.
Howells.
Webster 1913
To grow up
- to arrive at full stature or maturity; as, grown up children.
- to grow to maturity.
Webster 1913
Sharpen your Skills with the Masters
"Rowling never met an adverb she didn't like."
-Stephen King on J.K Rowling's excessive use of adverbs.
Fear not the Adverb Hell!