grew

See also: Grew

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹuː/, /ɡɹuʊ̯/
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  • Rhymes: -uː

Etymology 1

From Middle English grew, from Old English grēow (first and third person past tense of grōwan), from West Germanic *greu, from Northwest Germanic *grerō, from Proto-Germanic *gegrō (first and third person past tense of *grōaną), reduplication of *grōaną.

Verb

grew

  1. simple past of grow
  2. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of grow

Etymology 2

Verb

grew (third-person singular simple present grews, present participle grewing, simple past and past participle grewed)

  1. Alternative form of grue (“shudder with fear”).
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