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# growing

verb form (present participle of grow); adjective (growing)

«growing» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Growing means getting bigger or taller right now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/growing/#m1)
2. Growing plants means raising them from seeds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/growing/#m2)
3. Growing can mean increasing or becoming more, like a growing crowd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/growing/#m3)
4. A growing child is one who is still getting bigger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/growing/#m4)

### In the lessons

A change that adds over time, or plants being raised in a garden. In science: a growing plant needs water and light; the growing season is the warm part of the year. In everyday life: growing kids need sleep and good food. Phrases: «growing up», «growing season», «a growing number of».

### Examples

- The tree is growing 30 cm a year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/growing/#x1)
- She is growing 12 sunflowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/growing/#x2)
- The growing puppy eats more each week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/growing/#x3)
- His savings keep growing by 5 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/growing/#x4)
- Growing up on a farm, she learned to ride. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/growing/#x5)
- A growing crowd waited at the gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/growing/#x6)
- We are growing beans in cups on the windowsill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/growing/#x7)
- Growing children need about 10 hours of sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/growing/#x8)
- I feel that I am growing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/growing/#x9)

### Note

Points to adding, often the same amount each time (a rate). Trap: «growing 30 cm a year» is the change per year, not the height. Spelling: grow + ing, no letter doubled.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «growing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/growing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«growing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/growing.html) on Mova free.