Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
Shak.
Growing cell, or Growing slide, a device for preserving alive a minute
object in water continually renewed, in a manner to permit its growth
to be watched under the microscope. -- Grown over, covered with a
growth. -- To grow out of, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or
as a branch from the main stem; to result from.
These wars have grown out of commercial considerations.
A. Hamilton.
-- To grow up, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as, grown up
children. -- To grow together, to close and adhere; to become united by
growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed. Howells.
Syn. -- To become; increase; enlarge; augment; improve; expand; extend.
Grow (?), v. t. To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow
a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco. Macaulay.
Syn. -- To raise; to cultivate. See Raise, v. t., 3.
Grow"a*ble (?), a. Capable of growth.
Grow"an (?), n. [Cf. Arm. grouan gravel, Corn. grow gravel, sand.]
(Mining.) A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin
lodes in Cornwall.
Grow"er (?), n. One who grows or produces; as, a grower of corn; also,
that which grows or increases; as, a vine may be a rank or a slow
grower.
Growl (groul), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Growled (grould); p. pr. & vb. n.
Growling.] [D. grollen to grunt, murmur, be angry; akin to G. grollen
to be angry.] To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry dog; to give
forth an angry, grumbling sound. Gay.
Growl, v. t. To express by growling. Thomson.
Growl, n. The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling
sound.
Growl"er (?), n. 1. One who growls.