Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of grow
noungrowing (countable and uncountable, plural growings)
plural growings
- countableuncountableThe raising of plants.
The growing season here begins in March.
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
Broader
organic processbiological process
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian отгле́ждане
- отгле́ждане (otgléždane)raising of plants
Chinese Mandarin 增長 /增长, 增加
- 增長 /增长 (zēngzhǎng)growth; increase
- 增加 (zēngjiā)growth; increase
- 種植 /种植 (zhòngzhí)raising of plants
- 栽培 (zāipéi)raising of plants
Finnish kasvu, kasvu-
- kasvugrowth; increase
- kasvu-raising of plants
- kasvavaraising of plants
German Wachstum, Wachstums-
- Wachstumgrowth; increase
- Wachstums-raising of plants
Irish fás
- fásgrowth; increase
Italian crescita
- crescitagrowth; increase
Portuguese crescente, crescimento
- crescentegrowth; increase
- crescimentogrowth; increase
Spanish crecimiento
- crecimientogrowth; increase
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with growing
goingshowingknowingsewingblowingflowingBoeingforegoingrowingowingglowingmowingoverflowingsowingbowinglowingsnowingcrowingaxe throwingtough going
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APA
growing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/growing
MLA
“growing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/growing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “growing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/growing.
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