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Definition and meaning of grow

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grow (v. intr.)

1.become bigger or greater in amount"The amount of work increased"

2.grow vigorously"The deer population in this town is thriving" "business is booming"

3.come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)"He grew a beard" "The patient developed abdominal pains" "I got funny spots all over my body" "Well-developed breasts"

4.pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become"The weather turned nasty" "She grew angry"

5.become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain"The problem grew too large for me" "Her business grew fast"

6.increase in size by natural process"Corn doesn't grow here" "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees" "her hair doesn't grow much anymore"

7.cause to grow or develop"He grows vegetables in his backyard"

8.develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation"He matured fast" "The child grew fast"

9.become attached by or as if by the process of growth"The tree trunks had grown together"

10.grow emotionally or mature"The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten" "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"

11.cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques"The Bordeaux region produces great red wines" "They produce good ham in Parma" "We grow wheat here" "We raise hogs here"

12.come into existence; take on form or shape"A new religious movement originated in that country" "a love that sprang up from friendship" "the idea for the book grew out of a short story" "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

grow (v.)

1.enter or assume a certain state or condition"He became annoyed when he heard the bad news" "It must be getting more serious" "her face went red with anger" "She went into ecstasy" "Get going!"

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Merriam Webster

GrowGrow (grō), v. i. [imp. Grew (grṳ); p. p. Grown (grōn); p. pr. & vb. n. Growing.] [AS. grōwan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. grōa, Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf. Green, Grass.]
1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs.

2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.

Winter began to grow fast on. Knolles.

Even just the sum that I do owe to you
Is growing to me by Antipholus. Shak.

3. To spring up and come to maturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries.

Where law faileth, error groweth. Gower.

4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.

For his mind
Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary. Byron.

5. To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow. Shak.

Growing cell, or Growing slide, a device for preserving alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a manner to permit its growth to be watched under the microscope. -- Grown over, covered with a growth. -- To grow out of, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or as a branch from the main stem; to result from.
These wars have grown out of commercial considerations. A. Hamilton. -- To grow up, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as, grown up children. -- To grow together, to close and adhere; to become united by growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed. Howells.

Syn. -- To become; increase; enlarge; augment; improve; expand; extend.

GrowGrow (grō), v. t. To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco. Macaulay.

Syn. -- To raise; to cultivate. See Raise, v. t., 3.

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Analogical dictionary

grow (v.)

(beard; face fungus; whiskers), (barber)[termes liés]

(shave clean; shave off; shave), (barber)[termes liés]


grow (v.)

commencer à être (qqch) (fr)[ClasseHyper.]

fall; go; grow; turn; get; become[Classe]

change state, turn[Hyper.]


grow (v. intr.)

devenir considérable (fr)[Classe]


grow (v. intr.)

augmenter de volume (fr)[Classe]

devenir considérable (fr)[Classe]

évoluer (pour un prix) (fr)[DomaineCollocation]

change magnitude[Hyper.]

increase, step-up - increase, increment - augmentation, enlargement, increase, multiplication, rise - growth, increase, increment - addition, gain, increase[Dérivé]

decrease, diminish, fall, lessen[Ant.]


grow (v. intr.)

proliférer par la reproduction (fr)[Classe]

grow[Hyper.]

boom - expandable, expandible, expansible[Dérivé]


grow (v. intr.)

alter, change[Hyper.]

acquiring, acquisition, getting - development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny[Dérivé]

acquire, develop, evolve[Domaine]


grow (v. intr.)

alter, change[Hyper.]

emergence, growth, outgrowth - turn, turn of events, twist[Dérivé]

change state, turn[Domaine]


grow (v. intr.)

devenir considérable (fr)[ClasseHyper.]

accrue, augment, grow, increase, mount, mount up, put up, raise, run up, strengthen[Hyper.]

large[Devenir+Attrib.]

growth, increase, increment[Dérivé]


grow (v. intr.)

grow[ClasseHyper.]

develop[Hyper.]

development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny[Dérivé]

grow[Domaine]


grow (v. intr.)

develop, make grow[Hyper.]

agriculturalist, agriculturist, cultivator, grower, planter, raiser - development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny[Dérivé]

grow, sprout up[Cause]


grow (v. intr.)

ripen; senesce; age; get on; mature; maturate[Classe]

(fruit)[termes liés]

develop[Hyper.]

mature, ripe[Rendre+Attrib.]

development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny - growth - maturation, maturement, ripening[Dérivé]

age, get off, get old, get on, get on in years, grow old, maturate, mature, mellow, ripen, senesce[Domaine]


grow (v. intr.)

alter, change[Hyper.]


grow (v. intr.)

alter, change[Hyper.]

development, evolution[Dérivé]


grow (v. intr.)

cultivate[Hyper.]

agriculture, farming, husbandry - farm - garden truck, green goods, green groceries, produce - growing, growth - agriculturalist, agriculturist, cultivator, grower, planter, raiser - boor, farmer, granger, husbandman, sodbuster[Dérivé]


grow (v. intr.)

become[Hyper.]

creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination - inception, origin, origination, outset - emergence, growth, outgrowth - germinal, originative, seminal[Dérivé]

develop[Domaine]


Wikipedia

Grow

     
Look up grow in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Grow may refer to:

  • Grow, a company specialising in web development, eCommerce and online marketing.
  • Growth, an increase in some quantity over time or a measure of some principal
  • GROW, a non-profit peer support and mutual aid organization for recovery from, and prevention of, serious mental illness
  • "Grow" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  • "Grow" (Kubb song) (2006)
  • GROW model, a technique for problem solving or goal setting
  • GROW (series), a series of Flash-based indie video games

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GROW

     
This article is about the GROW mental health movement. For the GROW windowing environment, see Graphical ROMable Object Windows.
  The "Blue Book", GROW: World Community Mental Health Movement: The Program of Growth to Maturity

GROW is a peer support and mutual-aid organization for recovery from, and prevention of, serious mental illness. GROW was founded in Sydney, Australia in 1957 by Father Cornelius B. "Con" Keogh, a Roman Catholic priest, and psychiatric patients who sought help with their mental illness in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Consequently, GROW adapted many of AA's principles and practices. As the organization matured, GROW members learned of Recovery International, an organization also created to help people with serious mental illness, and integrated pieces of its will-training methods.[1][2] As of 2005 there were more than 800 GROW groups active worldwide.[3] GROW groups are open to anyone who would like to join, though they specifically seek out those who have a history of psychiatric hospitalization or are socioeconomically disadvantaged. Despite the capitalization, GROW is not an acronym.[4] Much of GROW's initial development was made possible with support of from Orval Hobart Mowrer, Reuben F. Scarf, W. Clement Stone and Lions Clubs International.[2]

Processes[edit]

For more details on this topic, see Self-help groups for mental health: Group processes

GROW's literature includes the Twelve Stages of Decline, which indicate that emotional illness begins with self-centeredness, and the Twelve Steps of Personal Growth, a blend of AA's Twelve Steps and will-training methods from Recovery International. GROW members view recovery as an ongoing life process rather than an outcome and are expected to continue following the Steps after completing them in order to maintain their mental health.[1][5][6]

The Twelve Stages of Decline

  1. We gave too much importance to ourselves and our feelings.
  2. We grew inattentive to God's presence and providence and God's natural order in our lives.
  3. We let competitive motives, in our dealings with others, prevail over our common personal welfare.
  4. We expressed our suppressed certain feelings against the better judgment of conscience or sound advice.
  5. We began thinking in isolation from others, following feelings and imagination instead of reason.
  6. We neglected the care and control of our bodies.
  7. We avoided recognizing our personal decline and shrank from the task of changing.
  8. We systematically disguised in our imaginations the real nature of our unhealthy conduct.
  9. We became a prey to obsessions, delusions and hallucinations.
  10. We practised irrational habits, under elated feelings of irresponsibility or despairing feelings of inability or compulsion.
  11. We rejected advice and refused to co-operate with help.
  12. We lost all insight into our condition.

The Twelve Steps of Recovery and Personal Growth

  1. We admitted we were inadequate or maladjusted to life.
  2. We firmly resolved to get well and co-operated with the help that we needed.
  3. We surrendered to the healing power of a wise and loving God.
  4. We made a personal inventory and accepted ourselves.
  5. We made a moral inventory and cleaned out our hearts.
  6. We endured until cured.
  7. We took care and control of our bodies.
  8. We learned to think by reason rather than by feelings and imagination.
  9. We trained our wills to govern our feelings.
  10. We took our responsible and caring place in society.
  11. We grew daily closer to maturity.
  12. We carried GROW's hopeful, healing, and transforming message to others in need.

GROW suggests atheists and agnostics use "We became inattentive to objective natural order in our lives" and "We trusted in a health-giving power in our lives as a whole" for the Second Stage of Decline and Third Step of Personal Growth, respectively.[6]

Results of qualitative analysis[edit]

Statistical evaluations of interviews with GROW members found they identified self-reliance, industriousness, peer support, and gaining a sense of personal value or self-esteem as the essential ingredients of recovery.[3] Similar evaluations of GROW's literature revealed thirteen core principles of GROW's program, they are reproduced in the list below by order of relevance with a quote from GROW's literature explaining the principle.[7]

  1. Be Reasonable: "We learned to think by reason rather than by feelings and imagination."
  2. Decentralize, participate in community: "...decentralization from self and participation in a community of persons is the very process of recovery or personal growth."
  3. Surrender to the Healing Power of a wise and loving God: "God, who made me and everything connected with me, can overcome any and every evil that affects my life."
  4. Grow Closer to Maturity: "Maturity is a coming to terms with oneself, with others, and with life as a whole."
  5. Activate One's Self to Recover and Grow "Take your fingers off your pulse and start living."
  6. Become Hopeful: "I can, and ultimately will, become completely well; God who made me can restore me and enable me to do my part. The best in life and love and happiness is ahead of me."
  7. Settle for Disorder: "Settle for disorder in lesser things for the sake of order in greater things; and therefore be content to be discontent in many things."
  1. Be Ordinary: "I can do whatever ordinary good people do, and avoid whatever ordinary good people avoid. My special abilities will develop in harmony only if my foremost aim is to be a good ordinary human being."
  2. Help Others: We carried the GROW message to others in need.
  3. Accept One's Personal Value: "No matter how bad my physical, mental, social or spiritual condition I am always a human person, loved by God and a connecting link between persons; I am still valuable, my life has a purpose, and I have my unique place and my unique part in my Creator's own saving, healing and transforming work."
  4. Use GROW: "Use the hopeful and cheerful language of GROW."
  5. Gain Insight: "We made moral inventory and cleaned out our hearts."
  6. Accept Help: "We firmly resolved to get well and co-operated with the help that we needed."

Effectiveness[edit]

For more details on this topic, see Self-help groups for mental health: Effectiveness

Participation in GROW has been shown to decrease the number of hospitalizations per member as well as the duration of hospitalizations when they occur. Members report an increased sense of security and self-esteem, and decreased anxiety.[8] A longitudinal study of GROW membership found time involved in the program correlated with increased autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, self-acceptance and social skills.[9] Women in particular experience positive identity transformation, build friendships and find a sense of community in GROW groups.[10]

Literature[edit]

The Program of Growth to Maturity, generally referred to as the 'Blue Book', is the principal literature used in GROW groups. The book is divided into three sections based on the developmental stages of members: 'Beginning Growers', 'Progressing Growers' and 'Seasoned Growers'. Additionally, there are three related books written by Cornelius B. Keogh, and one by Anne Waters, used in conjunction with the Blue Book.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Kurtz, Linda F.; Chambon, Adrienne (1987). "Comparison of self-help groups for mental health". Health & Social Work 12 (4): 275–283. ISSN 0360-7283. OCLC 2198019. PMID 3679015. 
  2. ^ a b Keogh, C.B. (1979). GROW Comes of Age: A Celebration and a Vision!. Sydney, Australia: GROW Publications. ISBN 0-909114-01-3. OCLC 27588634. 
  3. ^ a b Corrigan, Patrick; Slopen, Natalie; Garcia, Gabriela; Keogh, Cornelius B.; Keck, Lorraine (December 2005). "Some Recovery Processes in Mutual-Help Groups for Persons with Mental Illness; II: Qualitative Analysis of Participant Interviews". Community Mental Health Journal 41 (6): 721–735. doi:10.1007/s10597-005-6429-0. ISSN 0010-3853. OCLC 38584278. PMID 16328585. 
  4. ^ Rappaport, J.; Seidman, E.; Toro, P. A.; McFadden, L. S.; Reischl, T. M.; Robers, L. J.; Salem D. A.; Stein, C. H.; Zimmerman, M. A.; (Winter 1985). "Collaborative research with a mutual help organization". Social Policy 15 (3): 12–24. ISSN 0037-7783. OCLC 1765683. PMID 10270879. 
  5. ^ Clay, Sally (2005). "Chapter 7: GROW in Illinois" (PDF). On Our Own, Together: Peer Programs for People with Mental Illness. Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Press. pp. 141–158. ISBN 0-8265-1466-9. OCLC 56050965. 
  6. ^ a b GROW (1983). GROW: World Community Mental Health Movement: The Program of Growth to Maturity. Sydney, Australia: GROW Publications. OCLC 66288113. 
  7. ^ Corrigan, Patrick W.; Calabrese, Joseph D; Diwan, Sarah E.; Keogh, Cornelius, B.; Keck, Lorraine; Mussey, Carol (2002). "Some Recovery Processes in Mutual-Help Groups for Persons with Mental Illness; I: Qualitative Analysis of Program Materials and Testimonies". Community Mental Health Journal 38 (4): 287–301. doi:10.1023/A:1015997208303. ISSN 0010-3853. OCLC 38584278. PMID 12166916. 
  8. ^ Kennedy, Mellen (1990). "Psychiatric Hospitalizations of GROWers". Second Biennial Conference on Community Research and Action, East Lansing, Michigan.  cited in Kyrouz, Elaina M.; Humphreys, Keith; Loomis, Colleen (October 2002). "Chapter 4: A Review of Research on the Effectiveness of Self-help Mutual Aid Groups". In White, Barbara J.; Madara, Edward J. American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse Self-Help Group Sourcebook (7th ed.). American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse. pp. 71–86. ISBN 1-930683-00-6. Retrieved 2008-01-06. 
  9. ^ Finn, Lisabeth D.; Bishop, Brian; Sparrow, Neville H. (May 2007). "Mutual help groups: an important gateway to wellbeing and mental health". Australian Health Review 31 (2): 246–255. ISSN 1449-8944. PMID 17470046. 
  10. ^ Kercheval, Briony L (March 2005). Women's experiences at GROW: 'There's an opportunity there to grow way beyond what you thought you could...' (Master of Applied Psychology (Community) School of Psychology, Faculty of Arts thesis). Victoria, Australia: Victoria University, Footscray. Archived from the original on 2010-01-22. http://www.webcitation.org/5myMx5Z1S. Retrieved 2010-01-22.

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