growing

[ groh-ing ]
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adjective
  1. becoming greater in quantity, size, extent, or intensity:growing discontent among industrial workers.

  2. having or showing life.

Origin of growing

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English growende. See grow, -ing2

Other words from growing

  • grow·ing·ly, adverb
  • un·grow·ing, adjective

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