| n. | 1. | the sequence of events involved in the development of an organism. |
| adj. | 1. | increasing in intensity of some quality. |
| 2. | increasing in size or amount; | |
| 3. | increasing in size and maturity; - of living things normally healthy and not fully matured. | |
| 4. |
| Noun | 1. | growing - (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" |
| 2. | growing - (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state | |
| Adj. | 1. | growing - increasing in size or degree or amount; "her growing popularity"; "growing evidence of a world depression"; "a growing city"; "growing businesses" |
| 2. | growing - having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life; "flourishing crops"; "flourishing chicks"; "a growing boy"; "fast-growing weeds"; "a thriving deer population" Synonyms: flourishing, thriving | |
| 3. | growing - relating to or suitable for growth; "the growing season for corn"; "good growing weather" |