Chapter Groundage to Grucche of G by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

5. To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.

Shak.

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. — Grown over, covered with a growth. — To grow out of, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or as a branch from the main stem; to result from.

These wars have grown out of commercial considerations.

A. Hamilton.

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To grow up, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as, grown up children. — To grow together, to close and adhere; to become united by growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed. Howells.

Syn. — To become; increase; enlarge; augment; improve; expand; extend.

Grow
(Grow) v. t. To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco. Macaulay.

Syn. — To raise; to cultivate. See Raise, v. t., 3.

Growable
(Grow"a*ble) a. Capable of growth.

Growan
(Grow"an) n. [Cf. Arm. grouan gravel, Corn. grow gravel, sand.] (Mining.) A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.

Grower
(Grow"er) n. One who grows or produces; as, a grower of corn; also, that which grows or increases; as, a vine may be a rank or a slow grower.

Growl
(Growl) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Growled (grould); p. pr. & vb. n. Growling.] [D. grollen to grunt, murmur, be angry; akin to G. grollen to be angry.] To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound. Gay.

Growl
(Growl), v. t. To express by growling. Thomson.

Growl
(Growl), n. The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling sound.

Growler
(Growl"er) n.

1. One who growls.

2. (Zoöl.) The large-mouthed black bass. [Local]

3. A four-wheeled cab. [Slang, Eng.]

Growlingly
(Growl"ing*ly), adv. In a growling manner.

Grown
(Grown) p. p. of Grow.

Growse
(Growse) v. i. [Cf. gruesome, grewsome, and G. grausen to make shudder, shiver.] To shiver; to have chills. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ray.

Growth
(Growth) n. [Icel. groðr, groði. See Grow.]

1. The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence