Grew - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ɡruː|  American pronunciation of the word grew
Brit.  |ɡruː|  British pronunciation of the word grew
- this word is a past tense form of the irregular verbto grow

verb

- simple past tense of grow

Extra examples

The small shop grew into a large firm.

We grew to love them.

He grew to be somewhat ashamed of himself.

The players grew more intense as the game went on.

He was a shy boy, but he grew to be a strong and confident man.

We grew up down the block from each other.

She was a shy and awkward girl who grew up to become a confident and beautiful woman.

As he aged he grew more and more bitter.

She became so popular that a whole industry grew up around her and her image.

She grew intellectually and emotionally in her first year at college.

I can still picture the house I grew up in.

He grew up in a loving environment.

...as the campers grew cold, so they gravitated nearer to the campfire...

As the date of the performance neared, we grew more and more anxious.

During the period under discussion, the town grew in size.

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