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How to spell grow

Grow is spelled G-R-O-W.

hear itgrow/groʊ/verbLong vowels

What it means: To increase in size or amount.

In a sentence: Plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Same family: grows, grew, grown, growing, growth. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Grow” comes from Old English “growan,” meaning “to flourish or increase,” and is related to old words for “green.” It originally had a strong connection to plants becoming green and healthy.

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