Meaning

3 senses

  1. To emerge from (something); to take a particular shape as a result of (something); to come to exist from (an origin).

  2. (idiomatic)To become too physically large for something, especially clothes.

    I give my old clothes to charity when I've grown out of them.

  3. (broadly, idiomatic)To become too mature for something.

Examples

85 sentences

  1. I grow many kinds of roses.

    Я вирощую багато видів троянд. — deniko

    deIch baue viele Rosensorten an. — Augustus

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  2. I've grown tired of doing that.

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  3. Tom says he's grown tired of doing that.

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  4. Rice is grown in many parts of the world.

    ruРис выращивается во многих частях света. — sharptoothed

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  5. My daughter has grown out of all her old clothes.

    ruМоя дочь выросла из всех своих старых вещей. — redscorp

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Forms

grows out of, growing out of, grew out of, grown out of
Base formgrow out of · to grow out of
3rd person singulargrows out of
Present participlegrowing out of
Past simplegrew out of
Past participlegrown out of

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygrow out of
he, she, itgrows out of

Past simpleLesson

all personsgrew out of

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave grown out of
he, she, ithas grown out of

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill grow out of

Word family

1 related words
Relatedgrow out

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
grovegrowA1growergrowlgrowthB1
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