Emily Dickinson Lexicon

grow (-ing, -s, grew, grown), v. [OE growan.]

1. Change from one state to another; become.
2. Increase; wax; augment.
3. Enlarge in bulk and stature through a natural process of vegetation or human development.
4. Mature, as in a human being; increase in age or wisdom.
5. Emerge; advance gradually; extend by degrees.
6. Exist as an unseen object or being.
7. Accumulate, as in money, possessions, etc.
8. Produce, as a farmer grows wheat.