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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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 .

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To thrive or grow well.

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To prosper or fare well.

* Nelson

Bad men as frequently prosper and flourish , and that by the means of their wickedness.

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To be in a period of greatest influence.

To develop; to make thrive; to expand.

* Francis Bacon

Bottoms of thread which with a good needle, perhaps may be flourished into large works.

To make bold, sweeping movements with.

To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.

* Alexander Pope

Impetuous spread the stream, and smoking flourished o'er his head.

To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.

* J. Watts

They dilate and flourish long on little incidents.

To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.

To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.

(Fenton)

(Shakespeare)

To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.

* Shakespeare

Why do the emperor's trumpets flourish thus?

(obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.

(Alexander Pope)