Definition of Growing

1. Adjective. Relating to or suitable for growth. "Good growing weather"

Partainyms: Growth

2. 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"

3. Noun. (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state.
Generic synonyms: Production
Category relationships: Electronics
Specialized synonyms: Epitaxy

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

grow over
grow together
grow up
growability
growable
growan
growans
growe
growed
growen
growers
growes
growest
groweth
growing (current term)
growing fracture
growing old
growing on
growing out of
growing ovarian follicle
growing pains
growing season
growing up
growingly
growings
growl
growled
growlers

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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