Collocations for grow - verb
1. increase
ADVERB
fast,
quickly,
rapidly
considerably, dramatically, significantly, substantially
slowly
slightly
exponentially
The business has grown exponentially over the past ten years.
Well before a billionth of a second had elapsed the universe started to grow exponentially.
considerably, dramatically, significantly, substantially
slowly
slightly
exponentially
The business has grown exponentially over the past ten years.
Well before a billionth of a second had elapsed the universe started to grow exponentially.
steadily
constantly, continuously
constantly, continuously
PREPOSITION
at
The Chinese economy has grown at a record pace.
The Chinese economy has grown at a record pace.
by
Profits are expected to grow by 10% next year.
Profits are expected to grow by 10% next year.
from
Her media empire grew from small beginnings.
Her media empire grew from small beginnings.
in
She continued to grow in confidence
She continued to grow in confidence
into
The town grew into a city.
The town grew into a city.
2. of a person, animal, etc.
PREPOSITION
into
The small puppy quickly grew into a very large dog.
The small puppy quickly grew into a very large dog.
to
to grow to maturity
to grow to maturity
3. of plants, hair, etc.
ADVERB
well
Tomatoes grow best in direct sunlight.
Tomatoes grow best in direct sunlight.
poorly
fast, quickly, rapidly
slowly
slightly
thickly, vigorously
the nettles that grew thickly around the house
fast, quickly, rapidly
slowly
slightly
thickly, vigorously
the nettles that grew thickly around the house
outwards/outward,
upwards/upward
As the island subsided, the reef grew upward and outward.
As the island subsided, the reef grew upward and outward.
PREPOSITION
from
The tree grew from a small acorn.
The tree grew from a small acorn.
into
Small acorns grow into great oak trees.
Small acorns grow into great oak trees.
to
These plants can grow to a height of six feet.
These plants can grow to a height of six feet.
4. make plants grow
Grow is used with these nouns as the subject:
anger, anxiety, appetite, applause, asset, baby, barley, base, beard, bud, bulb, bush, business, cell, child, city, collection, company, confidence, consumption, corn, crop, crowd, crystal, curiosity, deficit, demand, discomfort, discontent, dividend, economy, empire, employment, enrolment, enterprise, enthusiasm, evidence, excitement, expectation, expenditure, export, expression, face, fame, farm, fear, fingernail, firm, flame, friendship, fruit, fury, gap, grass, grin, hair, heat, hope, hunger, idea, impatience, import, income, industry, influence, interest, irritation, ivy, leaf, likelihood, list, love, lump, market, mood, mould, movement, nail, nettle, number, oats, panic, percentage, plant, popularity, population, productivity, profit, proportion, queue, rage, rate, reputation, resentment, revenue, rift, rivalry, root, sale, saving, seed, shoot, shrub, silence, size, smile, smirk, species, speculation, stature, strength, suburb, support, suspicion, tea, tension, town, trade, traffic, tree, trend, turnover, unease, usage, vegetables, vegetation, volume, weed, wheat, width
anger, anxiety, appetite, applause, asset, baby, barley, base, beard, bud, bulb, bush, business, cell, child, city, collection, company, confidence, consumption, corn, crop, crowd, crystal, curiosity, deficit, demand, discomfort, discontent, dividend, economy, empire, employment, enrolment, enterprise, enthusiasm, evidence, excitement, expectation, expenditure, export, expression, face, fame, farm, fear, fingernail, firm, flame, friendship, fruit, fury, gap, grass, grin, hair, heat, hope, hunger, idea, impatience, import, income, industry, influence, interest, irritation, ivy, leaf, likelihood, list, love, lump, market, mood, mould, movement, nail, nettle, number, oats, panic, percentage, plant, popularity, population, productivity, profit, proportion, queue, rage, rate, reputation, resentment, revenue, rift, rivalry, root, sale, saving, seed, shoot, shrub, silence, size, smile, smirk, species, speculation, stature, strength, suburb, support, suspicion, tea, tension, town, trade, traffic, tree, trend, turnover, unease, usage, vegetables, vegetation, volume, weed, wheat, width
Grow is used with these nouns as the object:
barley, bean, beard, bulb, business, cannabis, cell, coconut, company, corn, cotton, crop, economy, feather, food, garden, grain, grape, hair, herb, leaf, lettuce, moustache, mushroom, nail, oats, onion, pea, per cent, plant, potato, produce, rice, root, shrub, spine, tea, tobacco, tomato, tree, variety, vegetables, wheat, wing
barley, bean, beard, bulb, business, cannabis, cell, coconut, company, corn, cotton, crop, economy, feather, food, garden, grain, grape, hair, herb, leaf, lettuce, moustache, mushroom, nail, oats, onion, pea, per cent, plant, potato, produce, rice, root, shrub, spine, tea, tobacco, tomato, tree, variety, vegetables, wheat, wing