regrow

British  

/ riːˈɡrəʊ /

verb

1. to grow or be grown again after having been cut or having died or withered

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Explanation

When something starts growing again after being hurt or grows in the place of something that's lost, it regrows. Even if you hate your new crewcut, you can console yourself that your hair will regrow. Some animals can lose parts of their bodies, only to have them regrow: most lizards can regrow their tails, spiders can regrow missing legs, and sharks continuously regrow their teeth throughout their lives. That may seem miraculous, but we tend to be less amazed by the fact that plants regrow all the time — if you prune branches off a bush or tree, it will regrow new shoots.

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As a result, the zebrafish were unable to properly regrow nerve fibers and had difficulty recovering their movement.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

“There’s no paid staff, and we mostly support niche tech projects, like people exploring new ways to preserve trees in Morocco or to regeneratively regrow a pasture in Oregon,” Khosla told me.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

“He went from paring down his arsenal to kind of two pitches, to regrow his arsenal while he’s learning how to pitch at this level,” Prior said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

From promising news for people living with lupus to claims you could regrow your own teeth, he sorts fact from fiction.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

In gathering wild yams, they cut off most of the edible tuber but replaced the stems and tops of the tubers in the ground so that the tubers would regrow.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond