growing

  • 11growing — grow|ing [ grouıŋ ] adjective only before noun *** 1. ) a growing feeling or situation is starting to exist more often, and is becoming more important or serious: She sensed my growing apprehension. There is growing public concern over the… …

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  • 12Growing — Grow Grow (gr[=o]), v. i. [imp. {Grew} (gr[udd]); p. p. {Grown (gr[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Growing}.] [AS. gr[=o]wan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. gr[=o]a, Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf. {Green}, {Grass}.] 1. To increase in size by a natural and organic… …

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  • 13growing*/*/ — [ˈgrəʊɪŋ] adj 1) becoming more severe or extreme There is growing public concern over the effects of this policy.[/ex] 2) becoming greater in size or amount the growing popularity of the Internet[/ex] A growing number of people are choosing to… …

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  • 14growing — increasing increasing adj. 1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices. [Narrower terms: {accretionary ; {augmenting, augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ; {growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ;… …

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  • 15Growing on Me — Infobox Single Name = Growing on Me Artist = The Darkness from Album = Permission to Land B side = How Dare You Call This Love? Bareback Released = May 8, 2004 (U.S.) Genre = Glam metal Length = 3:29 Label = Must Destroy Writer = Justin Hawkins… …

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  • 16Growing Up — For other uses, check here Growing Up (disambiguation) Infobox Album Name = crap Type = studio Longtype = Artist = Hi Standard Released = February 13, 1996 Recorded = August 2 ndash; 15, 1995 Genre = Punk rock Length = 32:47 Label = Fat Wreck… …

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  • 17growing — 1. noun The action of the verb to grow. 2. adjective a) That grows or grow. Milk is good for growing children. b) Connected with growing Growing season here begins in March …

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  • 18growing — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Growing is used before these nouns: ↑season Growing is used after these nouns: ↑wine {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. Growing is used with these nouns: ↑acceptance, ↑agitation, ↑alarm, ↑alienation, ↑anger, ↑ …

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  • 19growing — I noun 1. (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 (Freq. 3) he proposed an indicator of osseous… …

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  • 20growing — growingly, adv. /groh ing/, adj. 1. becoming greater in quantity, size, extent, or intensity: growing discontent among industrial workers. 2. having or showing life. [bef. 900; ME; OE growende. See GROW, ING2] * * * …

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