grow

/groʊ/ v [I/T] (past tense grew /gru/, past participle grown /groʊn/) (INCREASE)

Definition

› to increase in size or amount, or to allow or encourage something to increase in size or to become more advanced or developed: [I] The population is growing rapidly. [I] She’s grown a lot since we last saw her. [T] He began to grow a beard. [I] The economy is expected to grow by 2% next year.

(Definition of grow v (INCREASE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)