the process of growing or developing
development, progress
Cases of word usage
1) (especially of money) to increase by growth or development (accrue)
2) the soft growth between the back of the nose and the throat, sometimes making breathing difficult (adenoids)
3) (to produce) a leaf or flower in the beginning of its growth (bud)
4) (a kind of) diseased growth in the body, often causing death (cancer)
5) a tall growth of feathers on a bird's head (crest)
6) a hollow growth in the body containing liquid matter (cyst)
7) something that can be eaten by people or animals, or used by plants, to keep them living and for growth (food)
8) to help the growth and development of (something) (foster)
9) a shoot from a branch or twig of a living tree, fixed in another tree to form a new growth (graft)
10) the chemical process in living things producing energy, growth etc (metabolism)