grew

Definition

  • past tense of 'grow'

Examples

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

  • He 'grew up' playing music. [=he played music when he was a child]

  • As the tree 'grew' taller, the branches began to touch the house.

Movie quotes

  • (..) - No kidding? - Yeah. Why is this happening? Please mak e her stop. I think... I think we were in my house where I grew up... ...and you were standing there. You were looking out the window. This is brutal. And then you turned around, and you had these wooden teeth. (..)
    1990 TvShow: Seinfeld Title: The Stakeout Season: 1 Episode 2