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αυξάνω — meaning in English

afxano

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English meaning

  • grow verb To increase in size, amount, or extent over time.
  • hypertrophy noun An increase in the size of a tissue or organ caused by its cells growing larger rather than multiplying — in everyday use, the growth of muscle in response to training.
  • increase verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.
  • rise verb To move upward or increase.

Senses

αυξάνω is used for these senses in English:

  • grow (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
  • hypertrophy (intransitive) Of a tissue or organ, to increase in size.
  • increase (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
  • increase (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
  • rise (of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.

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.

hypertrophy — full definition

  1. noun An increase in the size of a tissue or organ caused by its cells growing larger rather than multiplying — in everyday use, the growth of muscle in response to training.
  2. verb To grow larger through such an increase in cell size.
  3. noun Excessive or disproportionate growth of anything, used figuratively.

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