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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

growing

· IPA /ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ/
01 n. the sequence of events involved in the development of an organism.
  1. 1.
    the sequence of events involved in the development of an organism.
Syn. growth, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis.
02 adj. increasing in intensity of some quality.
  1. 1.
    increasing in intensity of some quality.[prenominal]
  2. 2.
    increasing in size or amount; as, her growing popularity.
  3. 3.
    increasing in size and maturity; -- of living things normally healthy and not fully matured.
  4. 4.
    p. pr. of grow (definition 3); as, growing plants. See: grow
Syn. increasing(prenominal), incremental. — Syn. -- flourishing, thriving.