Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Grow \Grow\, v. t.
   To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a
   crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco. --Macaulay.

   Syn: To raise; to cultivate. See {Raise}, v. t., 3.

Grow \Grow\, v. i. [imp. {Grew}; p. p. {Grown ; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Growing}.] [AS. grawan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. groa,
   Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf. {Green}, {Grass}.]
   1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to
      increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter
      into the living organism; -- said of animals and
      vegetables and their organs.

   2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to
      be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.

            Winter began to grow fast on.         --Knolles.

            Even just the sum that I do owe to you Is growing to
            me by Antipholus.                     --Shak.

   3. To spring up and come to matturity in a natural way; to be
      produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice
      grows in warm countries.

            Where law faileth, error groweth.     --Gower.

   4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect
      from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.

            For his mind Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary.
                                                  --Byron.

   5. To become attached of fixed; to adhere.

            Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
                                                  --Shak.

   {Growing cell}, or {Growing slide}, a device for preserving
      alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a
      manner to permit its growth to be watched under the
      microscope.

   {Grown over}, covered with a growth.

   {To grow out of}, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or
      as a branch from the main stem; to result from.

            These wars have grown out of commercial
            considerations.                       --A. Hamilton.

   {To grow up}, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as,
      grown up children.

Source : WordNet®

grow
     v 1: pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property
          or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She
          grew angry" [syn: {turn}]
     2: become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The
        problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
     3: increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow
        here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"
     4: cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his
        backyard"
     5: develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured
        fast"; "The child grew fast" [syn: {mature}, {maturate}]
     6: come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious
        movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang
        up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a
        short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" [syn: {originate},
         {arise}, {rise}, {develop}, {uprise}, {spring up}]
     7: cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means
        of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces
        great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We
        grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" [syn: {raise}, {farm},
         {produce}]
     8: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and
        attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed
        abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body";
        "Well-developed breasts" [syn: {develop}, {produce}, {get},
         {acquire}]
     9: grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully
        in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp,
        the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his
        old adolescent behavior" [syn: {develop}]
     10: become attached by or as if by the process of growth; "The
         tree trunks had grown together"
     [also: {grown}, {grew}]