Meanings
verbupgrow (third-person singular simple present upgrows, present participle upgrowing, simple past upgrew, past participle upgrown)
present singular third person upgrows · participle present upgrowing · past upgrew · participle past upgrown
- archaicTo grow up
Access deny'd ; and overhead upgrew Insuperable height of loftiest shade
1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
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Dutch opgroeien
- opgroeiengrow up
French grandir
- grandirgrow up
German wachsen
- wachsengrow up
Polish dorastać, dorosnąć
- dorastaćgrow up
- dorosnąćgrow up
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with upgrow
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APA
upgrow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upgrow
MLA
“upgrow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upgrow. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upgrow,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upgrow.
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