Grow vs Spurt - What's the difference?
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(ergative) To become bigger.
To appear or sprout.
To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
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(copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
(obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
* Shakespeare
To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
* Alexander Pope
* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
To make a strong effort for a short period of time.
A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.
* T. Hughes
(slang) Ejaculation of semen. (rfex)
(obsolete) A shoot; a bud.
Grow is a related term of spurt.
As verbs the difference between grow and spurt
is that grow is (ergative) to become bigger while spurt is .grow
English
Verb
- Children grow quickly.
- Flowers grew on the trees as summer approached.
- A long tail began to grow from his backside.
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- He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.
- Have you ever grown your hair before?
- The boy grew wise as he matured.
- The town grew smaller and smaller in the distance as we travelled.
- You have grown strong.
- Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow .
Usage notes
* Growed is a slang or dialect inflection for the simple past and past participle.Antonyms
* shrinkDerived terms
* grow a pair * growed * grower * grow house * growing pains * growing point * grown-up * grow on * grow op * grow out of * growth * grow up * outgrow * overgrowspurt
English
Verb
(en verb)- Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, / Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock.
- With that he pulled open his shirt, and with his long sharp nails opened a vein in his breast. When the blood began to spurt out, he took my hands in one of his, holding them tight, and with the other seized my neck and pressed my mouth to the wound, so that I must either suffocate or swallow some to the . . . Oh, my God! My God! What have I done?
- ''The bullion market spurted on Thursday.
- ''The runners spurted to the last lap as if they had extracted new energy from the applauds of the audience.
Synonyms
* spirt * spoutNoun
(en noun)- a spurt of water; a spurt of blood
- The boss's visit prompted a brief spurt of activity.
- The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt .
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