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créixer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • burgeon verb To grow or expand.
  • grow verb To increase in size, amount, or extent over time.
  • thrive verb To grow strong and healthy, or to flourish.
  • wax noun A soft, oily solid substance, such as beeswax or paraffin, used for candles, polish, and other purposes.

Senses

créixer is used for these senses in English:

  • burgeon (intransitive) To grow or expand.
  • grow (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
  • grow (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
  • grow up (intransitive) To mature and become an adult.
  • grow up (intransitive, idiomatic) To stop acting as or like a child (often used as an imperative interjection).
  • thrive (intransitive) To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, to flourish.
  • wax (intransitive, of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.

burgeon — full definition

  1. verb To grow or expand.
  2. verb To swell to the point of bursting.
  3. verb Of plants, to bloom, bud.

grow — full definition

  1. verb To increase in size, amount, or extent over time.
  2. verb To develop or mature, physically or personally.
  3. verb To cultivate plants or cause them to develop.
  4. verb To gradually come to have a quality or feeling.

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