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croître — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • build verb To make something by putting materials or parts together according to a plan.
  • burgeon verb To grow or expand.
  • grow verb To increase in size, amount, or extent over time.
  • increase verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.
  • 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

croître is used for these senses in English:

  • build (transitive) To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
  • build (intransitive) To develop in magnitude or extent.
  • 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.
  • increase (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
  • thrive (intransitive) To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, to flourish.
  • wax (intransitive, literary) To greaten.

build — full definition

  1. verb To make something by putting materials or parts together according to a plan.
  2. verb To gradually increase or strengthen something over time.
  3. verb To compile a piece of software from its source code into a runnable program.
  4. noun The general shape and size of a person's or animal's body.
  5. noun A particular version of a piece of software released during its development.

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.

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