Synset

become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 62 freq. cnt.: 62

sample sentences

"The problem grew too large for me"
"Her business grew fast"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
The business is going to %s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

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semantic pointers

hyponym

hypertrophy rise, go up, climb enlarge augment vegetate mushroom overgrow, grow over stretch develop expand flourish, expand, thrive, boom proliferate lengthen ramify, branch burgeon root rise, prove expand, spread out

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