kasvu — meaning in English
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English meaning
- crescendo noun A gradual increase in intensity, loudness, or excitement, often building to a peak.
- growing noun The process of increasing, developing, or cultivating.
- growth noun An increase in size, amount or value over time.
- increase verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.
- increment noun The action of increasing or becoming greater.
- wax noun A soft, oily solid substance, such as beeswax or paraffin, used for candles, polish, and other purposes.
Senses
kasvu is used for these senses in English:
- accretion (uncountable, also, figurative) Increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth. [from early 17th c.]
- coming of age A person's journey from childhood or adolescence to adulthood.
- coming-of-age Of or pertaining to a person's journey from childhood or adolescence to adulthood.
- crescendo (figuratively) A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
- crescendo (figuratively, nonstandard) The climax of a gradual increase.
- growing growth; increase
- increase An amount by which a quantity is increased.
- wax (rare) The process of growing.