"growing" meaning in English

See growing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈɡɹəʊɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-growing.ogg [US] Forms: growings [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} growing (countable and uncountable, plural growings)
  1. Growth; increase. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (growth; increase): 增長 /增长 (zēngzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 增加 (zēngjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), kasvu (Finnish), ზრდა (zrda) (Georgian), Wachstum [neuter] (German), fás [masculine] (Irish), crescita (Italian), crescente (Portuguese), crescimento (Portuguese), crecimiento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-growing-en-noun-JXbE-vSY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 41 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 57 38 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 37 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 26 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 68 27 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 68 27 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 67 28 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 68 27 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 64 31 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 70 26 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 69 25 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 68 27 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 78 20 2 Disambiguation of 'growth; increase': 99 1
  2. The raising of plants. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (raising of plants): отгле́ждане (otgléždane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 種植 /种植 (zhòngzhí) (Chinese Mandarin), 栽培 (zāipéi) (Chinese Mandarin), kasvu- (Finnish), kasvava (Finnish), Wachstums- (German)
    Sense id: en-growing-en-noun--orKMBSA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 41 9 Disambiguation of 'raising of plants': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈɡɹəʊɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-growing.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} growing
  1. present participle and gerund of grow Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: grow
    Sense id: en-growing-en-verb-3MSDL39z

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "sense": "raising of plants",
      "word": "kasvu-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "raising of plants",
      "word": "kasvava"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "raising of plants",
      "word": "Wachstums-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "growing"
}

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