1. growing(n = noun.process) development, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny - (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"
is a kind of biological process, organic process
has parts: gastrulation
has particulars: culture, amelogenesis, angiogenesis, apposition, auxesis, anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, inflorescence, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis, cohesion, cultivation, cytogenesis, cytogeny, foliation, leafing, fructification, gametogenesis, germination, sprouting, habit, infructescence, intussusception, juvenescence, life cycle, masculinisation, masculinization, virilisation, virilization, morphogenesis, myelinisation, myelinization, neurogenesis, palingenesis, recapitulation, proliferation, psychogenesis, psychogenesis, psychomotor development, psychosexual development, rooting, suppression, dentition, odontiasis, teething, teratogenesis, vegetation
Derived forms verb grow3, verb grow4, verb grow5
2. growing(n = noun.process) - (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state;
is a kind of production
has particulars: epitaxy
growing(a = adj.pert) - relating to or suitable for growth; "the growing season for corn"; "good growing weather"
the sequence of events involved in the development of an organism. [WordNet 1.5]
1. increasing in intensity of some quality. [WordNet 1.5]
2. increasing in size or amount; as, her growing popularity. [WordNet 1.5]
3. increasing in size and maturity; -- of living things normally healthy and not fully matured. [WordNet 1.5]
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