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"text": "What do you want to be when you grow up?",
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{
"ref": "2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Evesham (1870)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 58",
"text": "I'm in the place where I grew up, where my alma mater is.",
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"word": "كَبُرَ"
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"word": "başa-boya çatmaq"
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "yetişmək"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "créixer"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "fer-se gran"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "長大"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎngdà",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "长大"
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
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"word": "vyrůst"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
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"word": "dospět"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "vokse op"
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "blive voksen"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "opgroeien"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "plenkreski"
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{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "plenaĝiĝi"
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"word": "elkreski"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "kasvaa aikuiseksi"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "grandir"
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{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "crecer"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "medrar"
},
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"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "erwachsen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "aufwachsen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "megalóno",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "μεγαλώνω"
},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "gadál",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "גָּדַל"
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{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "felnő"
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{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "adulteskar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "éirigh suas"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "crescere"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"alt": "せいちょうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seichō-suru",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "成長する"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"alt": "おとなになる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "otona ni naru",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "大人に成る"
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{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "alescō"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "adolescō"
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"code": "zdj",
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"note": "with an adverbial phrase",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "uhulia"
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{
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"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"note": "with an adverbial phrase",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "uwangushia"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "vokse opp"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "bli voksen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "geweaxan"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bâlidan",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "بالیدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "رشدادن"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "dorastać"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "crescer"
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{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rastí",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
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"word": "расти́"
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"roman": "vyrastátʹ",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
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"word": "выраста́ть"
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{
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"roman": "výrasti",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "вы́расти"
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{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "òdrāsti"
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{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
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"word": "о̀дра̄сти"
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"_dis1": "95 4 1",
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
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"word": "odrástati"
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
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"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "dospieť"
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{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
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"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vyrásť"
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{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "crecer"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "växa upp"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "bli vuxen"
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{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "perugu",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "పెరుగు"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "büyümek"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "yetişmek"
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"text": "Socialism grew up in the industrial cities.",
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"To start to develop; to flourish."
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"(intransitive) To start to develop; to flourish."
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"sense": "to flourish",
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"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "kifejlődik"
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"sense": "to flourish",
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"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "attecchire"
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"word": "crescere"
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"word": "svilupparsi"
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"word": "blomstra"
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"text": "Will you grow up please, and stop making silly faces?",
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"(intransitive, idiomatic) To stop acting as or like a child (often used as an imperative interjection)."
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"word": "créixer"
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"word": "vokse op"
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"code": "da",
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"word": "blive voksen"
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"word": "kasvaa aikuiseksi"
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"word": "aikuistua"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "felnőttként viselkedik"
},
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"_dis1": "4 5 91",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "comportarsi da adulto"
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{
"_dis1": "4 5 91",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "crescer"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "madurar"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "växa upp"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "büyümek"
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"text": "Grow up! The Bible is nothing more than a astrotheological allegory for things like the Sun!",
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"text": "What do you want to be when you grow up?",
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"ref": "2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Evesham (1870)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 58",
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"To start to develop; to flourish."
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"(intransitive) To start to develop; to flourish."
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Will you grow up please, and stop making silly faces?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To stop acting as or like a child (often used as an imperative interjection)."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, idiomatic) To stop acting as or like a child (often used as an imperative interjection)."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-au-grow up.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4e/En-au-grow_up.ogg/En-au-grow_up.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/En-au-grow_up.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "to mature",
"word": "age"
},
{
"word": "upgrow"
},
{
"word": "to age"
},
{
"sense": "to start to develop",
"word": "blossom"
},
{
"sense": "to start to develop",
"word": "prosper"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kabura",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "كَبُرَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "našaʔ",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "ْنَشَأ"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kibir",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "كِبِر"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "böyümək"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "başa-boya çatmaq"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "yetişmək"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "créixer"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "fer-se gran"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "長大"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎngdà",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "长大"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vyrůst"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "dospět"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "vokse op"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "blive voksen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "opgroeien"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "plenkreski"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "plenaĝiĝi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "elkreski"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "kasvaa aikuiseksi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "grandir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "crecer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "medrar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "erwachsen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "aufwachsen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "megalóno",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "μεγαλώνω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "gadál",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "גָּדַל"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "felnő"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "adulteskar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "éirigh suas"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "crescere"
},
{
"alt": "せいちょうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seichō-suru",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "成長する"
},
{
"alt": "おとなになる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "otona ni naru",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "大人に成る"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "alescō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "adolescō"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"note": "with an adverbial phrase",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "uhulia"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"note": "with an adverbial phrase",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "uwangushia"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "vokse opp"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "bli voksen"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "geweaxan"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bâlidan",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "بالیدن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "رشدادن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "dorastać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "crescer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rastí",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "расти́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyrastátʹ",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выраста́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výrasti",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́расти"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "òdrāsti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "о̀дра̄сти"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odrástati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "одра́стати"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "dospieť"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vyrásť"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "crecer"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "växa upp"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "bli vuxen"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "perugu",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "పెరుగు"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "büyümek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "yetişmek"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "kehittyä"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "kifejlődik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "fiorire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "attecchire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "crescere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "svilupparsi"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "crescer"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "växa fram"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "växa upp"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "blomstra"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "créixer"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "vokse op"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "blive voksen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "kasvaa aikuiseksi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "aikuistua"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "felnőttként viselkedik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "comportarsi da adulto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "crescer"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "madurar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "växa upp"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "büyümek"
}
],
"word": "grow up"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Requests for review of French translations"
],
"etymology_templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "upgrowen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English upgrowen",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Dissimilated from Middle English upgrowen.",
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"args": {},
"expansion": "grow up",
"name": "en-interj"
}
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "You're giggling because I said \"butt\"? Grow up, seriously.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Grow up! The Bible is nothing more than a astrotheological allegory for things like the Sun!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to criticize childish behavior, especially that considered unreasonable for one's age."
],
"links": [
[
"childish",
"childish#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(imperative) Used to criticize childish behavior, especially that considered unreasonable for one's age."
],
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-au-grow up.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4e/En-au-grow_up.ogg/En-au-grow_up.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/En-au-grow_up.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "grow up"
}
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