How do you use the word "grow" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "grow": When I grow up, I want to be a king. What do you want to be when you grow up?

Grow Meaning

/ˈɡɹəʊ/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo become larger, to increase in magnitude.

verbTo undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)

Sentence Examples

When I grow up, I want to be a king.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

This year the global economy will grow by about 4 per cent.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

turn

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

With enough sunlight and water, the small plant will ____ into a big tree.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Farmers hope that their crops will ____ quickly during the warm summer months and yield a very bountiful harvest.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōan, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch groeien (“to grow”), German Low German grojen (“to green; thrive; take hold; flourish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gro (“to grow”), Faroese grógva (“to grow”), Icelandic gróa (“to grow”); also Latin grāmen (“grass, turf; herb, plant”), herba (“grass, herbage; weeds; plant”), Ukrainian гря́ний (hrjányj, “green”). Related to growth, grass, green.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"[...] but the dangers to trespassers, especially children, are growing, and a vigorous educational programme is urged." — 1960 December, “Talking of trains: B.R. safety in 1959”, in Trains Illustrated, page 708:

"The Bush administration – which sought to grow the number of fisheries managed under a program known as “catch shares”..." — 2011 March 1, Peter Roff, “Another Foolish Move By Congress”, in Fox News:

"And — again to overgeneralize from my experience — users may not want a second Twitter either. I was a heavy Twitter user for over a decade. I loved it until I didn’t. I made connections, grew a following, floated ideas, had fun. But it also became a second, often angry, voice inside my head. Do I want to replace it with another one?" — 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times:

"In fact she was so bus doing all the things that anyone might, who finds themselves alone in an empty house, that she did not notice at first when it began to turn dusk and the rooms to grow dim." — 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 18:

"Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow." — 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:

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