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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow |
| Synonyms: | bud, develop, generate, live, originate, pullulate, shoot, sprout, swell, vegetate |
| Antonyms: | halt, slow, stop, thwart |
| Main Entry: | bloom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flower; flourish |
| Synonyms: | be in flower, bear fruit, blossom, blow, bud, burgeon, burst, develop, effloresce, fare well, fructify, germinate, grow, open, prosper, sprout, succeed, tassel out, thrive, wax |
| Antonyms: | shrink, shrivel, wither |
| Main Entry: | fertilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make ready to bear, produce |
| Synonyms: | beget, breed, compost, cover, dress, enrich, fecundate, feed, fructify, generate, germinate, impregnate, inseminate, lime, make fruitful, make pregnant, manure, mulch, pollinate, procreate, propagate, top-dress, treat |
| Main Entry: | grow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become larger, evolve |
| Synonyms: | abound, advance, age, amplify, arise, augment, become, branch out, breed, build, burgeon, burst forth, come, come to be, cultivate, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, fill out, flourish, gain, germinate, get bigger, get taller, heighten, increase, issue, luxuriate, maturate, mature, mount, multiply, originate, pop up, produce, propagate, pullulate, raise, ripen, rise, shoot*, spread, spring up, sprout, stem, stretch, swell, thicken, thrive, turn, vegetate, wax, widen |
| Antonyms: | decline, decrease, diminish, halt, lessen, reduce, stop, stunt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | result |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen, develop |
| Synonyms: | accrue, appear, arise, attend, be due to, become of, come about, come forth, come from, come of, come out, conclude, culminate, derive, effect, emanate, emerge, end, ensue, eventualize, eventuate, finish, flow, follow, fruit, germinate, grow, issue, occur, originate, pan out, proceed, produce, rise, spring, stem, terminate, turn out, wind up, work out |
| Antonyms: | cause |
| Main Entry: | sprout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | develop |
| Synonyms: | bud, burgeon, germinate, grow, push, shoot, shoot up, spring, take root, vegetate |
| Antonyms: | die, shrink, shrivel |
| Main Entry: | vegetate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow, sprout |
| Synonyms: | bloom, blossom, bud, burgeon, germinate, shoot, spring, swell |
| Antonyms: | die, go to seed |
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