grow

grow
grow (prét grew, pp grown)
A vtr
1 (cultivate) cultiver [plant, crop, cells] ;
2 (increase, allow to increase) [person] laisser pousser [hair, beard, nails] ; to grow 5 cm [person] grandir de 5 cm ; [plant] pousser de 5 cm ; the economy has grown 2% la croissance de l'économie est de 2%.
B vi
1 (increase physically) [plant, hair, nails] pousser (by de) ; [person] grandir (by de) ; [queue] s'allonger ; [tumour, cancer] se développer ; haven't you grown! qu'est-ce que tu as grandi! ; to let one's hair/nails grow laisser pousser ses cheveux/ongles ; to grow from pousser à partir de [bulb, seed] ; to grow to a height of 4 metres atteindre 4 mètres de hauteur ;
2 (of something abstract) [deficit, spending, crime, population, tension, anger, chances] augmenter (by de) ; [company] prospérer ; [economy] être en expansion ; [movement, opposition, support, problem] devenir plus important ; [poverty, crisis] s'aggraver ; [pressure, influence] devenir plus fort ; [list] s'allonger ; [mystery] s'épaissir ; fears are growing that on craint de plus en plus que (+ subj) ; to grow from x to y [profit, movement] passer de x à y ; to grow to atteindre [figure, level] ; to grow to civil war proportions prendre les proportions d'une guerre civile ; to grow in acquérir plus de [authority, strength, confidence] ; to grow in popularity devenir plus populaire ;
3 (become) devenir [hotter, colder, stronger] ; to grow more sophisticated devenir plus sophistiqué ; to grow old vieillir ; to grow weak s'affaiblir ; to grow more and more impatient s'impatienter de plus en plus ;
4 to grow to do finir par faire ; I soon grew to like him j'ai vite fini par l'aimer ; I was growing to like him je commençais à l'aimer.
Phrasal verbs
grow apart :
grow apart [people] s'éloigner l'un de l'autre ; to grow apart from s'éloigner de [person].
grow in :
grow in [nail] devenir incarné.
grow into : grow into [sth]
1 (become) devenir [frog, adult] ;
2 (fit into) s'accoutumer à [role, position] ; he'll grow into it (of garment) quand il aura un peu grandi il pourra le mettre ;
3 [skin, bone] se fondre dans [tissue].
grow on : to grow on sb [habit] s'imposer ; the music was starting to grow on me je commençais à apprécier la musique.
grow out :
grow [sth] out, grow out [sth] laisser pousser ses cheveux jusqu'à ce qu'il n'y ait plus de [perm, dye].
grow out of :
grow out of [sth]
1 (get too old for) he's grown out of his suit son costume est devenu trop petit pour lui ; she's grown out of discos/going to discos elle a passé l'âge des discothèques/d'aller en discothèque ; children's games I've grown out of des jeux d'enfants qui ne sont plus de mon âge ;
2 (come from) naître de [interest, idea, institution].
grow together
1 lit (join together) [bones, plants, eyebrows] se rejoindre ;
2 fig (become close) [people] se rapprocher.
grow up
1 (grow, get bigger) [child] grandir ; [movement, idea] se développer ; to grow up in London/believing that grandir à Londres/dans l'idée que ;
2 (become adult, mature) [person, movement] devenir adulte ; when I grow up quand je serai grand ; to grow up into devenir [scientist, beauty] ; grow up! arrête tes enfantillages!

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