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| 1. | [ adjective ] increasing in size or degree or amount | |
| Examples: | "her growing popularity" "growing evidence of a world depression" "a growing city" "growing businesses" |
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| Related terms: | increasing | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | |
| Synonyms: | development growth maturation ontogenesis ontogeny | |
| Examples: | "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" |
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| Related terms: | nondevelopment organic_process proliferation rooting blossoming culture cohesion fructification auxesis cenogenesis gametogenesis germination spermatogenesis intussusception infructescence suppression amelogenesis life_cycle foliation angiogenesis apposition juvenescence psychomotor_development morphogenesis myelinisation neurogenesis psychosexual_development masculinization dentition teratogenesis oogenesis cytogenesis palingenesis vegetation gastrulation isometry biology grow grow mature age | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life | |
| Synonyms: | flourishing thriving | |
| Examples: | "flourishing crops" "flourishing chicks" "a growing boy" "fast-growing weeds" "a thriving deer population" |
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| Related terms: | healthy | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state | |
| Related terms: | production epitaxy electronics | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] relating to or suitable for growth | |
| Examples: | "the growing season for corn" "good growing weather" |
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| Related terms: | growth | |
| Similar spelling: |
gringo grainger grungy grunge grange granger grungily Grinstead |
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