(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
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growing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
growing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | production |
| Has types | epitaxy |
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the growing season for corn.
good growing weather.
Examples of growing
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You know that beautiful Salvia plant you had growing in your garden last summer?
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We don't have exact numbers for children, but we believe the problem is growing.
From the orlandosentinel.com
He expects there will be room for logging to shape the young forests growing up.
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Most of us remember growing up with one toaster, and we want to go back to that.
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It was the latest in a growing wave of unrest that has left several people dead.
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Andre Grosvenor became interested in flying as a boy growing up in South Africa.
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Cloud computing services make up a growing portion of that segment, Savvis said.
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It drew more than 600 people, a sign of One World's growing success, Mayer says.
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Despite the growing popularity of e-books, they pose a challenge for publishers.
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- Turn: pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
- Become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
- Increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore"
- Cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard"
- Mature: develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"
- Originate: come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
- Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"
- Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
- Develop: grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"
