grows

VERB

become larger, evolve

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance age become breed build come cultivate develop expand flourish gain increase mature multiply produce raise rise spread sprout swell thrive turn widen

STRONG

abound amplify arise augment burgeon dilate enlarge extend germinate heighten issue luxuriate maturate mount originate propagate pullulate ripen shoot stem stretch thicken vegetate wax

WEAK

branch out burst forth come to be fill out get bigger get taller pop up spring up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease compress contract decline decrease demolish destroy diminish drop fail halt ignore languish lessen lose lower narrow neglect raze recede reduce repress retreat ruin shrink stop

STRONG

abridge condense curtail hold keep shorten

WEAK

stunt

Example Sentences

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Weel, noo! and I thought it wis the trows!

From Viking Boys by Saxby, Jessie Margaret Edmondston

The trade of Bewdley is considerable, and the inhabitants boast, with reason, that their trows and their crews are the best on the river.

From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell

Therefore I do not propose to wait for that—for who trows what may happen to my brother in the interval?

From The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer by Williamson, John

Marry, some men trows that ye were, And that us forethinkýs.164 2nd Shepherd.

From "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays by Rhys, Ernest

"A greater affliction than any one trows," answered Drost Peter.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin