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Definitions of Grew

  1.   of Grow
  2.   Past tense of the irregular verb grow.
  3.   imp. of Grow.
  4.   Of to grow.
  5.   Imp. Of GROW, v.
  6.   Of grow, which see.
  7.   Past tense of GROW.
  8.   Did grow.

Quotes of Grew

  1. I have grown up but that should be a positive thing. When you look at a photo album it's lovely to remember being so young but it's also good to know you grew up! – Jenny Agutter
  2. I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face. – Caleb Carr
  3. I grew up in a big Irish, Catholic family. My dad was a pretty rough guy. So one of my brothers left home when he was 15 and found his way to the gym. It gave me the opportunity to go and spend some time with him and work out in the gym. – Gerry Cooney
  4. I grew up in a family where many of our close friends were gay couples. As well as that, every man goes through a period of thinking they're attracted to another guy. – Jake Gyllenhaal
  5. I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays. – Beth Henley
  6. Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication- particularly communication by sea that enabled people to get inspiration and ideas from each other and to exchange basic raw materials. – Thor Heyerdahl
  7. We were taught manners and we had to do our chores- Katie and I grew up as normal kids. – Oliver Hudson
  8. I grew up doing live tours and playing in bars, so it was what I love to do. – Jewel Kilcher
  9. I thought I'd gone to heaven, because I grew up watching Roy and Gene Autry. – Lee Majors
  10. I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say you can get further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word. – David Mamet
  11. I like the Beatles, of course, but that's when I grew up. – Elizabeth Moon
  12. As I grew up, I was continually to suffer hardships in different realms of life- in my family, in my relationship to Japanese society and in my way of living at large in the latter half of the twentieth century. – Kenzaburo Oe
  13. I grew up in a community that was bilingual. I've done it for a while, singing in both languages. – Jon Secada
  14. I grew up in Denver, Colorado. After high school I went to Vegas. – Paul Taylor
  15. I grew up in a very literate, very independent household where people spoke their ideas and were very supportive of helping each other find their own way. – Lucinda Williams

Usage examples for Grew

  1. “ She looked up after a moment, and her face grew serious. ” – The Maids of Paradise by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
  2. “ His smile grew quite broad, almost a laugh, in fact. ” – The Whirligig of Time by Wayland Wells Williams
  3. “ Her face grew serious and beautiful. ” – The Fighting Chance by Robert W. Chambers
  4. “ It grew late, and I took my leave. ” – The Great Miss Driver by Anthony Hope
  5. “ Strange things must grow where these men grew ” – The Flute of the Gods by Marah Ellis Ryan
  6. “ But Mrs. Alfred's face grew more and more strange. ” – The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols by William Black
  7. “ Pat was not well; he grew worse; he grew seriously ill. ” – The Love Affairs of Pixie by Mrs George de Horne Vaizey
  8. “ Some of the boys laughed, and Bunny's face grew red. ” – Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus by Laura Lee Hope
  9. “ Again and again it was thus; but hope grew fainter and fainter. ” – Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 by William O. S. Gilly
  10. “ She laughed again, but on the instant grew serious. ” – Major Vigoureux by A. T. Quiller-Couch
  11. “ The end grew nearer and nearer. ” – Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles by Mrs. Henry Wood
  12. “ Miss Hohsmann's fine, dark eyes grew round in wonder. ” – The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Sax Rohmer
  13. “ The world grew empty again. ” – Macleod of Dare by William Black
  14. “ Through the whole summer Preston's eyes grew worse and worse. ” – The Twin Cousins by Sophie May
  15. “ He came in; and Karen's face grew bright at the sight of him. ” – Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner
  16. “ Little by little Lightfoot grew easy in his mind. ” – The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer by Thornton W. Burgess
  17. “ He never grew either hot or cold in a cause. ” – Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope
  18. “ But as the first man shot, they grew silent. ” – Robin Hood by J. Walker McSpadden
  19. “ All these anxious thoughts ran through Oscar's head, and the longer that dreadful man stayed, the more alarmed he grew ” – Gritli's Children by Johanna Spyri
  20. “ The agent's face grew grave, but his eyes were amused. ” – The Club of Queer Trades by G. K. Chesterton

Rhymes for Grew