grow:
Verb
Inflected forms: grew, grown, grow·ing, grows
Verb
intr. 1. To increase in size by a natural process. 2. a. To expand; gain: The business grew under new owners. b. To increase in amount or degree; intensify: The suspense grew. 3. To develop and reach maturity. 4. To be capable of growth; thrive: a plant that grows in shade. 5. To become attached by or as if by the process of growth: tree trunks that had grown together. 6. To come into existence from a source; spring up: love that grew from friendship. 7. To come to be by a gradual process or by degrees; become: grow angry; grow closer.
Verb
tr. 1. To cause to grow; raise: grow tulips. 2. To allow (something) to develop or increase by a natural process: grow a beard. 3. Usage Problem To cause to increase or expand by concerted effort: strategies that grew the family business.