Verb

(grokk)

(slang) To have or to have acquired an intuitive understanding of; to know (something) without having to think (such as knowing the number of objects in a collection without needing to count them: see subitize).

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, year=1961 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Robert A. Heinlein , title=Stranger in a Strange Land , chapter= , url= , genre= , publisher= , isbn= , page=107 , passage=I do not grok' all fullness of what I read. In the history written by Master William Shakespeare I found myself full of happiness at the death of Romeo. Then I read on and learned that he had discorporated too soon – or so I thought I ' grokked . Why? }}

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, year=1968 , title=(The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test) , first=Tom , last=Wolfe , authorlink=Tom Wolfe , isbn=9780553380644 , passage = Grok ?and then it's clear, without anybody having to say it. }}

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, date= , year=2008 , month=Dec , first= , last= , author=Leslie Anthony , coauthors= , title=Running from Babylon , volume=61 , issue=4 , page=116 , magazine=Skiing , publisher= , issn= , url= , passage=He freely plucks notions and verbiage from science fiction to describe everything from mountain-related undertakings to political subterfuge – like "grok ", a term from Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land, to denote intuitive understanding. }}

(slang) To fully and completely understand something in all its details and intricacies.

He groks Perl.

I find it exceedingly doubtful that any person groks quantum mechanics.

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, date= , year=2008 , month=August , first= , last= , author=Stanley Bing , coauthors= , title=New Help for Hodads , volume=158 , issue=3 , page=152 , magazine=Fortune , publisher= , issn= , url= , passage=Today we take a few moments to help you grok some of the ways that victims of TU can up their hipness – if we may use that term without being considered old school. }}

Verb

(ergative) To become bigger.

Children grow quickly.

To appear or sprout.

Flowers grew on the trees as summer approached.

A long tail began to grow from his backside.

To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.

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, year=2011 , date=March 01 , author=Peter Roff , title=Another Foolish Move By Congress , work=Fox News citation , passage=The Bush administration – which sought to grow the number of fisheries managed under a program known as “catch shares”... }}

He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.

Have you ever grown your hair before?

(copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.

The boy grew wise as he matured.

The town grew smaller and smaller in the distance as we travelled.

You have grown strong.

(obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

* Shakespeare

Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow .