♦ (to) grow

♦ (to) grow
♦ (to) grow /grəʊ/
(pass. grew, p. p. grown)
A v. i.
1 crescere; svilupparsi; diventare grande; venire su: Rice grows in water, il riso cresce nell'acqua; How you've grown!, come sei cresciuto!; come ti sei fatto grande!; to let one's hair grow, farsi crescere i capelli; to grow wild, (di pianta) crescere spontaneamente; rinselvatichire
2 aumentare; crescere; ingrandire: to grow in numbers, crescere di numero; to grow in importance, aumentare d'importanza; The gap is growing, il divario sta aumentando
3 (seguito da un agg.) diventare (spec. per gradi); divenire; farsi: to grow calm, calmarsi; to grow dark, farsi scuro; scurire; farsi buio; to grow big, diventare grande; ingrandirsi; to grow cold, diventare freddo; raffreddarsi; to grow green again, rinverdire; to grow less, calare; diminuire; scemare; to grow old, diventar vecchio; invecchiare; to grow poor, diventare povero; to grow red, diventare rosso; arrossire; to grow rich, diventare ricco; arricchire; to grow tired, stancarsi; to grow young again, ringiovanire
B v. t.
1 coltivare; produrre: to grow tulips, coltivare tulipani; to grow wheat, coltivare (o produrre) grano; to grow flowers from seed, fare crescere (o ottenere) fiori dalla semenza
2 far crescere; sviluppare; mettere: to grow roots, mettere radici; attecchire; A lizard can grow a new tail, alle lucertole può ricrescere la coda; to grow a beard, farsi (o lasciarsi) crescere la barba NOTA D'USO: -to grow o to bring up?-
3 sviluppare; espandere; ampliare
● (fam.) not to grow on trees, non abbondare; (di denaro) non crescere sugli alberi NOTA D'USO: -to cultivate o to grow?-.

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