# grew

Pronunciation: say "GROO" /ɡɹuː/

## Verb

1. Past tense of grow. — simple past of grow
   - Simple: Past tense of grow. Use it for the past.
   - _The seedlings grew quickly once the spring rains arrived._
   - _The company grew from a single shop into a national chain._
2. Past participle of grow. Nonstandard: the standard form is grown. *(nonstandard)* — past participle of grow
   - Simple: Past participle of grow. Some people say this in casual speech, but standard English uses grown.
   - _She's grew real close to her cousins over the past few summers._
   - _By autumn the vines had grew right over the back fence._

## Verb

3. Alternative form of grue (to shudder with fear). *(archaic)* — Alternative form of grue (“shudder with fear”).
   - Simple: Alternative form of grue, meaning to shake with fear. This is an old spelling.

## Origin

From Middle English grew, from Old English grēow, the first and third person past tense of grōwan ("to grow"). It traces back through West Germanic and Proto-Germanic forms as a reduplicated past tense of *grōaną.

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