growth

Noun
Synonyms: growingmaturationdevelopmentontogenyontogenesisincreaseincrementemergenceoutgrowth

WordNet 3.0

Noun (7)

  1. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level“he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children”Synonyms: growingmaturationdevelopmentontogenyontogenesis
  2. a progression from simpler to more complex forms“the growth of culture”
  3. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important“the increase in unemployment”“the growth of population”Synonyms: increaseincrement
  4. vegetation that has grown“a growth of trees”“the only growth was some salt grass”
  5. the gradual beginning or coming forth“figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece”Synonyms: emergenceoutgrowth
  6. (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
  7. something grown or growing“a growth of hair”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Growth \Growth\ (gr[=o]th), n. [Icel. gr[=o][eth]r, gr[=o][eth]i. See Grow.]

1.The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2.That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result. [1913 Webster]

Nature multiplies her fertile growth.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
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