grow的意思|grow的解释-里氏词典

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 process; to
increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter
into the living organism; -- said of animals and
vegetables and their organs.

2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to
be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.

Winter began to grow fast on. --Knolles.

Even just the sum that I do owe to you
Is growing to me by Antipholus. --Shak.

3. To spring up and come to maturity in a natural way; to be
produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice
grows in warm countries.

Where law faileth, error groweth. --Gower.

4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect
from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.

For his mind
Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary. --Byron.

5. To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

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 \Grow\ (gr[=o]), 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.

Mr. Hoover expects industry revenue to grow 19% annually, reaching a 1990 level more than double last year's estimated $6 billion.
"It's time to grow the business," he said.
In a sign of caution that may grow, profit takers nicked 1/4 off Wal-Mart yesterday; the stock closed at 33 1/2 on 3.3 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
If this situation continues, the wave of strikes will certainly grow." Some economists are puzzled by the widespread labor trouble. During a recession, they say, workers usually are more concerned with keeping their jobs than getting more pay.
So there is no need to be rushed by enthusiastic, commission-hunting intermediaries. But delay can mean that, if the employee does eventually invest in a life company pension contract, there is less time for the underlying fund to grow.
It is the kind of thinking that has made America's unionized industries uncompetitive in world markets; the country's unemployment rolls grow, and its businessmen invest elsewhere.
The interest will grow to 10% over the next three years, while Bell Atlantic and Ameritech will reduce their combined stake to 49.9% through a series of stock offerings that could begin as early as next year.
"Little boys and girls play with toys and hope to grow up to build bridges _ and we do it now.
The number of people with AIDS will grow dramatically as those who were infected throughout the 1980s fall sick.
In late April, sprouts poked through the dirt in a spot where tomatoes used to grow.
He said the independent power segment could grow to provide as much as 50% of near-term generation capacity, adding: "We expect to supply a significant share of this market."
Nevertheless, the use of credit cards continues to grow.
Fisons "couldn't grow fast enough by small acquisitions."
On the lighter side, "The Outsiders," a new drama series on what it was like to grow up in the '60s, gets a 90-minute premiere Sunday on the Fox network.
"In nursing, you begin to repeat yourself, and I wanted to grow," she says.
Two people who grow up on the same block are still going to hear different influences as kids.
Nokia said sales of digital cellular telephones took off in 1993 and were expected to continue to grow rapidly, but it said demand for the older technology analog systems remained strong.
That is, for the next three years, they would in total be allowed to grow at no more than the inflation rate.
The European market will continue to grow because of the Italian Mafia's intention to preserve its distribution monopoly and the Colombian cartel's desire to capture part of the market, according to the study.
The annuity pays the income - equivalent to a net 9.11 per cent per annum on the total invested - while the Pep is designed to grow to repay the annuity.
With many of the cases in the UK, the pressure for reforms to limit liabilities seems certain to grow. Accountants are seeking changes to the Companies Act which now bans auditors making contracts where liability with clients is limited.
However, he added, the company expects revenue to "grow across the board in our different markets."
"This ain't no good place to grow up, but we try our best," said Mavis Watson, one of the 18 people living in the shack on the Panther Burn Plantation here.
In the author's iconoclastic view, the years 1992-2020 will see per capita real income in the U.S. grow at an annual average rate of at least 2.5%, but probably closer to 3%, up from an average of 2% between 1950 and 1986.
The Soviet Union opposes reunification and Secretary of State James A. Baker III has urged a cautious approach, but signs of a virtual de facto union grow daily.
"We cannot grow accustomed to enduring a peace with Israeli bloodshed," said Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy.
In Tokyo, share prices finished moderately lower in quiet trading as investors appeared to grow less nervous about currency rate changes and Tuesday's decline on Wall Street as the day went on.
They now grow coconuts in Chogao, a farm village 70 miles south of Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon.
Secretary Baker has been warning in recent days that too sharp a decline in the dollar could prove self-defeating because it might impede the ability of West Germany and Japan to grow rapidly enough to absorb more U.S. products.
Deutsche Bundesbank President Helmut Schlesinger said over the weekend that he expects the German gross national product to grow at a rate of 1.5% to 2.0% this year.

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