growing

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹəʊɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ

growing

1. present participle of grow

growing (plural growings)

1. growth; increase
   • 1852, Henry Howe, Historical Collections of the Great West

     Some of these unhappy emigrants felt a general sinking of all their mental and bodily energies, without, however, experiencing the growings of hunger.

2. (attributive) Connected with growing

   The growing season here begins in March.

• growing pains
• growing season

growing (not comparable)

1. That grows.
   • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:

     From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. […]   But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.

   Milk is good for growing children.