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I certainly didn't want to end up a spent, tired pop star singing the same song over and over again, trying to preserve the youthful image (because, for most teenage-pop stars, it's impossible to 'grow' - both musically, artistically and physically) - people still write to me things like "You should still be singing 'Hajde da ludujemo'".

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  1. intransitive verb To increase in size by a natural process.
  2. intransitive verb To expand; gain: The business grew under new owners.
  3. intransitive verb To increase in amount or degree; intensify: The suspense grew.
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  • U.S. trucking slow, but faces long-term grow: Trucking economist
  • Grain: The direction which the blades of grass grow, which is of primary importance on the greens (particularly Bermuda grass greens) as this can affect how much and in which direction a putt breaks.
  • I certainly didn't want to end up a spent, tired pop star singing the same song over and over again, trying to preserve the youthful image (because, for most teenage-pop stars, it's impossible to 'grow' - both musically, artistically and physically) - people still write to me things like "You should still be singing 'Hajde da ludujemo'". —  esctoday.com | news
  • When R is flat and C continues to grow, that is typically when most companies seek help from folks with experience in fundamentally transforming a business operation - typically, these are folks with experience in Lean and in Six Sigma or Turnaround experience. —  shmula
  • While plants do re-grow, the soils, nutrients, minerals and water they require are in limited supply.
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan; see ghrē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English growen (preterit grew, greu, plural grewen, greowen, past participle growen, growe), from Anglo-Saxon grōwan (preterit greów, plural greówon, past participle grōwen), sprout, grow (of vegetable growth, while weaxan, English wax, increase, is a general term for ‘increase’), = OFries. growa, groia = Dutch groeijen, grow, = Old High German gruoan, Middle High German grüen, grüejen, be green, = Icelandic grōa = Swedish Danish gro, grow. Hence green, and perhaps gorse, q. v.; to the same ult. root belongs prob. grass, q. v.
 

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