growan
English
Etymology
Compare Armorican grouan (“gravel”), Cornish grow (“gravel, sand”).
Noun
growan (countable and uncountable, plural growans)
- (Britain, mining) A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for growan in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- Gawron, awrong
Old English
Alternative forms
- grōƿan
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, become green”), Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-, *g(')ʰerə- (“to grow, grow green”). Cognate with Old Frisian grōwa (“to grow”), Middle Dutch groeyen, grōyen (“to grow”) (Dutch groeien), Old High German gruoen (“to grow, thrive, flourish”), Old Norse grōa (“to grow, become green”), Old English græs (“grass”), Old English grēne (“green”). More at grass, green.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡroːwɑn/
Verb
grōwan
- (of plants) to grow
Conjugation
| infinitive | grōwan | tō grōwenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | grōwe | grēow |
| 2nd-person singular | grēwest | grēowe |
| 3rd-person singular | grēweþ | grēow |
| plural | grōwaþ | grēowon |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| singular | grōwe | grēowe |
| plural | grōwen | grēowen |
| imperative | ||
| singular | grōw | |
| plural | grōwaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| grōwende | (ġe)grōwen | |
Derived terms
- forgrōwan
Derived terms
- Middle English: growen
- English: grow
- Scots: grow