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Definition of Growing
1. Noun. (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. "He proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
Specialized synonyms: Culture, Amelogenesis, Angiogenesis, Apposition, Auxesis, Anthesis, Blossoming, Efflorescence, Florescence, Flowering, Inflorescence, Caenogenesis, Cainogenesis, Cenogenesis, Kainogenesis, Kenogenesis, Cohesion, Cultivation, Cytogenesis, Cytogeny, Foliation, Leafing, Fructification, Gametogenesis, Germination, Sprouting, Habit, Infructescence, Intussusception, Juvenescence, Life Cycle, Masculinisation, Masculinization, Virilisation, Virilization, Morphogenesis, Myelinisation, Myelinization, Neurogenesis, Palingenesis, Recapitulation, Proliferation, Psychogenesis, Psychogenesis, Psychomotor Development, Psychosexual Development, Rooting, Suppression, Dentition, Odontiasis, Teething, Teratogenesis, Vegetation
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Terms within: Gastrulation
Generic synonyms: Biological Process, Organic Process
Examples of category: Isometry
Derivative terms: Develop, Develop, Developmental, Grow, Grow, Grow, Grow, Grow, Grow, Maturate, Maturational, Mature, Ontogenetic, Ontogenetic
Antonyms: Nondevelopment
2. Adjective. Relating to or suitable for growth. "Good growing weather"
3. Noun. (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state.
Definition of Growing
1. Verb. (present participle of grow) ¹
2. Noun. The action of the verb ''to grow''. ¹
3. Adjective. That grows. ¹
4. Adjective. Connected with growing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Growing
1. grow [v] - See also: grow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Growing
Literary usage of Growing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial Report by Oregon Board of Horticulture (1905)
"Prune-growing in the Northwest has since become an industry of many thousand ...
The whole history of northwestern fruit-growing is a record of obstacles ..."
2. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1902)
"1 believe in growing peaches in Massachusetts myself but do not believe in it
for the majority, and although I am ready to put money into it if I can look ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"... growing in from all sides meets and fuses above the embryo, which now lies in
a cavity roofed in by an internal layer of ectoderm and an outer of meso- ..."
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