to make grow
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2.9
- phrasal verb
- /meɪk ɡroʊ/
- Allison says rain makes things grow.
- make the plant grow fast
- make his hair grow
- make muscles grow
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Watch on YouTubeYeah, But the wonderful thing about heat is that it does make things grow fast.
- Yeah, But the wonderful thing about heat is that it does make things grow fast.
- Like absence makes the heart grow fonder with people with scripts.
- And yeah, absence can sort of make the heart grow fonder, maybe like that.
- And OK, now, how to make something like this grow?
- It's it's the challenges in life that that make you grow.
- It's true, distance really does make the heart grow fonder.
- Life greets it, makes it grow.
- They use light to convert into energy, to produce and and run all the chemical processes, all the life processes that make them grow.
Examples
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I'll make it grow into somethin' big.
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She must make life grow where there was no life.
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Yeah, But the wonderful thing about heat is that it does make things grow fast.
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Something in that blue light made little Rose grow fast.
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Knows how to make things grow.
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What makes the grass grow?
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Still trying to make things grow in that backyard.
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And, Lord, thank you for the sun you've been sending to make the cotton grow, and for the health of all here present.
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When she was working, Marni Coe created ways to make turf grass grow more slowly, mainly by developing new varieties or applying retardants.
Fiction book (1995) -
Using the right nutrients can help make plants grow taller and healthier.
Synonyms
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1.3
To slowly make something stronger over time, like trust or skill
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1.4
To care for and help a child, animal, or plant grow
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1.6
To grow or change slowly to become more mature
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3.0
Increase slowly over time
341
2.1
Help something grow or develop
104
3.7
To encourage the growth or development of something
91
4.1
To help a skill, interest or relationship grow
23
9.5
Increase quickly in number or make something increase quickly
10
4.8
To begin to grow from a seed or spore
Antonyms
How Much Growth
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3.7
460
3.2
60
2.9
152
3.5
104
3.7
341
2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to cause something to grow' is directly compositional from 'make' (to cause) + 'grow' (to become larger/develop), so a learner who knows both verbs can infer the overall sense. This causative construction is common cross-linguistically and follows a standard English pattern, making it immediately accessible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Make grow comes from gardeners and farmers: when you water, feed, and protect a young plant you make it grow, helping a natural process rather than forcing it, so the phrase means 'to cause something to grow or develop' over time.