Grew [verb]
Definition of Grew:
become larger, evolve
Synonyms of Grew:
● Widen
● Sprout
● Develop
● Raise
● Flourish
● Breed
● Increase
● Spread
● Build
● Thrive
● Swell
● Rise
● Produce
● Gain
● Multiply
● Come
● Expand
● Advance
● Age
● Turn
● Mature
● Become
● Thicken
● Maturate
● Arise
● Dilate
● Stretch
● Enlarge
● Wax
● Issue
● Vegetate
● Extend
● Abound
● Stem
● Heighten
● Amplify
● Shoot
● Augment
● Mount
● Ripen
● Burgeon
● Fill out
● Pop up
Opposite/Antonyms of Grew:
● Stunt
● Keep
● Hold
● Contract
● Decline
● Lose
● Fail
● Reduce
● Diminish
● Lower
● Drop
● Stop
● Halt
● Neglect
● Shrink
● Shorten
● Curtail
● Condense
● Abridge
● Retreat
● Recede
● Ruin
● Languish
● Raze
● Demolish
● Cease
● Lessen
● Decrease
● Compress
● Repress
● Ignore
● Destroy
● Narrow
Sentence/Example of Grew:
Under the internal pressure his whiskers stood on end and his face grew red.
In Luke it is said, “And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom.”
He grew very restless, for it was a long time before Grandfather Mole appeared.
The camp grew still, except for the rough and ready cook pottering about the fire, boiling buffalo-meat and mixing biscuit-dough.
Day by day these fretting anxieties and perplexities wasted her strength, and her fever grew higher and higher.
The man with the automobile, the corn-cure, and the baby grew to be legendary in the villages of Provence.
That, and a range war that grew out of the killing, and some kind of a business deal just about broke them.
As he read, a look of surprise came over his face, and then his countenance grew stern and grim.
A biggish sea running, subsiding as the day went on—and my mind grew calmer with the waves.
As they were passing a place where the bushes grew thickly by the side of the road, they received a gruff command to halt.