growing

verbnouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈɡɹəʊɪŋ//
United States//ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ//

Growth; increase.

verb

1
Also a form of growpresent participle and gerund of grow

noun

1
Growth; increase.
Some of these unhappy emigrants felt a general sinking of all their mental and bodily energies, without, however, experiencing the growings of hunger.
2
The raising of plants.
The growing season here begins in March.

Forms

plural: growings

Groves · A surname.grow · To become larger, to increase in magnitude.Grow · A surname.

growing · Growth; increase.

growl · A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an…growling · Producing a growl.grown · Covered by growth; overgrown.

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