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ingrossarsi — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • grow verb To increase in size, amount, or extent over time.
  • swell verb To grow bigger, especially by filling with fluid or gas.

Senses

ingrossarsi is used for these senses in English:

  • grow (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
  • swell (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.

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.

swell — full definition

  1. verb To grow bigger, especially by filling with fluid or gas.
  2. verb To grow gradually in force, loudness, or intensity.
  3. noun A long, rolling ocean wave that continues after the wind that made it has died down.
  4. adj Excellent; very good (informal, dated-sounding).

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