groeien — meaning in English

English meaning

• accrue verb To increase, to rise
• grow verb To increase in size, amount, or extent over time.
• increase verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.
• wax noun A soft, oily solid substance, such as beeswax or paraffin, used for candles, polish, and other purposes.

Senses

groeien is used for these senses in English:

• accrue (intransitive) To increase, to rise
• grow (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
• grow (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
• increase (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
• wax (intransitive, literary) To greaten.

accrue — full definition

1. verb To increase, to rise
2. verb To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.
3. verb To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
4. verb To accumulate.

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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