Meaning of "grow"

grow •

v.
• • 1. to become bigger, to increase: lumaki, lumago
  • 2. to prosper, to improve: umunlad, sumulong
  • 3. to thrive, to live: tumubo, sumibol, mabuhay
  • 4. to cause to grow, to raise, to plant: magtanim, itanim, maghalaman grown-up

n.
• • adult: matanda, nasa edad

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root

n.
• • 1. the part of a plant that grows in the soil: ugat
  • 2. a cause, source: pinanggalingan, pinanggagalingan, simula, sanhi, dahilan
  • 3. the word from which others are derived: salitang-ugat

v.
• • 1. to become fixed in the ground, send out roots and begin to grow: mag-ugat, magkaugat
  • 2. to pull, tear, or dig up or out by the roots: bumunot, bunutin
  • 3. to get completely rid of: lumipol, lipulin
  • 4. to cheer (slang): kumantiyaw, mangantiyaw, kantiyawan
  • 5. to take root means (a) to send out roots and begin to grow: mag-ugat, magkaugat (b) to become firmly fixed: pumirme, mamirme, lumagi, mamalagi

hatch

v.
• • 1. to bring forth young from an egg or eggs: pumisa, mamisa, pisain
  • 2. to keep eggs warm until the young came out: lumimlim, limliman, humalimhim, halimhiman
  • 3. to come out from an egg: mapisa
  • 4. to grow to be young birds, etc.: mapisa, magsisiw, magkasisiw

n.
• • a brood: akay

creep

v.
• • 1. to crawl: gumapang
  • 2. to feel as if things were creeping over the skin: mangilabot, kilabutan, pangilabutan
  • 3. to grow by clinging, as a vine does: gumapang

heal

v.
• • 1. to cure: gumaling, magpagaling, pagalingin, lumunas, lunasan
  • 2. to grow well, become well e.g. wounds: gumaling, maghilom

rear

n.
• • 1. the back: likod
  • 2. the hind part: hulihan

adj.
• • at the back, behind: sa huli (hulihan), panghuli, panlikod, sa likod (likuran)

v.
• • 1. to make grow, to bring up: magpalaki, palakihin
  • 2. to care for: mag-aruga, arugain, mag-alaga, alagaan
  • 3. to set up, to build: magtayo, itayo
  • 4. to raise, to lift up: magtaas, itaas
  • 5. to rise on hind legs: suminta

raise

v.
• • 1. to lift up, to put up: magtaas, itaas, pataasin
  • 2. to build, to set up: magtayo, magpatayo, ipagpatayo, itayo
  • 3. to make higher or larger: magpataas, pataasin, taasan, itaas, magpalaki, palakihin, lakhan, palakhan
  • 4. to make grow, to help to grow: magtanim, itanim, tamnan, maghalaman, halamanin, mag-alaga, alagaan
  • 5. to give a higher salary: umentuhan
  • 6. to solicit contributions, money, etc.: mangilak, ipangilak, mag-ipon, ipag-ipon
  • 7. to bring together, to gather, to organize: magtatag, itatag, magtipon, ipatipon
  • 8. to lift from the ground: bumuhat, buhatin, bumuhat, buhatin, umangat, angatin

n.
• • 1. an increase in amount, price, etc.: ang itinaas (naparagdag) na halaga
  • 2. an increase in salary: umento, dagdag na sahod

sprout

v.
• • to begin to grow, shoot forth: sumibol, sumibol, tumubo

n.
• • a shoot of a plant: tubo, supling, talbos, usbong

nurse

n.
• • a person who takes care of the sick, etc.: nars, narses

v.
• • 1. to act as a nurse for sick people: mag-alaga ng may sakit, alagaan ang maysakit
  • 2. to nourish, make grow, protect: magsimpan, magtanim, mag-alaga
  • 3. to use or treat with special care: mag-alaga, alagaan
  • 4. to give milk to a baby: magpasuso, pasusuhin
  • 5. to suck milk from a mother: sumuso
  • 6. a wet nurse: mamay, sisiwa

plant

n.
• • 1. a tree, bush, vine, vegetable, etc. : halaman, tanim
  • 2. the building, machinery, tool, etc. used in manufacturing some articles: planta
  • 3. a factory: pabrika, pagawaan
  • 4. a young growth ready to be set out in another place, seedling: halamang pananim, punla

v.
• • 1. to put in the ground to grow: magtanim, itanim, taniman, tamnan
  • 2. to set firmly, to erect: magtirik, itirik, magtayo, itayo, magtindig, itindig
  • 3. to implant principles, doctrines, etc.: maghasik, ihasik, hasikan, magtanim, itanim, taniman, tamnan, magturo, ituro, turuan

moss

n.
• • very small, soft, green plants that grow close together like a carpet on the ground, on rocks, on trees, etc.: lumot

spring

v.
• • 1. to leap or jump, rise or move suddenly and lightly: lumukso, luksuhin, lumundag, lundagin
  • 2. to fly back or away: umigkas, magbalik, bumalik
  • 3. to come from a source, arise, grow: bumukal, magbuhat
  • 4. to bend: humutok, mahutok, hutukin
  • 5. to spring a leak, to crack and begin to let water through: tagasan

n.
• • 1. a leap or jump: lukso, lundag
  • 2. an elastic device that returns to its original shape after being pulled or held out of shape: paigkas, muwelye, kuwerdas
  • 3. the season after winter when the plants begin to grow: tagsibol
  • 4. a small stream of water coming from the earth: bukal, batis

trail

n.
• • 1. anything that follows along behind: buntot
  • 2. a track: pinagdaanan, bakas, landas
  • 3. a trail in a forest or between mountains: landas
  • 4. a path: daan, landas

v.
• • 1. to hunt by track or smell, follow along behind: tumugaygay, tugaygayan, umamoy, amuyin, sumunod, sundan, bumuntot, buntutan
  • 2. to pull or drag along behind: humila, hilahin, kumaladkad, kaladkarin
  • 3. to be drawn along behind: makaladkad, mahila-hila
  • 4. to grow along: gumapang

germination

n.
• • beginning to grow or develop: sibol, pagsibol, tubo, pagtubo

tubo

n.
• • 1. tubo, sugarcane
  • 2. tubo'

n.
• • gain, profit, benefit

v.
• • tumubo' (-um-) to grow (plants). Tumubo ang itinanim kong rosas. The roses I planted grew.

v.
• • magtubo (mag-) to gain, profit, earn interest, to grow. Nagtubo ang pera ko sa bangko. My money in the bank earned interest. tubo, tubuhan (-an)

n.
• • sugarcane plantation or field

usbong

v.
• • umusbong (-um-) to sprout, to grow. Umusbong na ang munggo. The monggo beans sprouted.

v.
• • mag-usbong (mag-) to develop

sibol

n.
• • growth, bud, sprout, spring of water

v.
• • sumibol (-um-) to grow, sprout. Sumibol ang butong itinanim ko. The seed that I planted grew.