Noun Definition
growth
1.Definition: (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
Related Noun(s):development, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny
Category: General2.Definition: (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
Category: General3.Definition: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
"The increase in unemployment", "The growth of population"
Category: General4.Definition: a progression from simpler to more complex forms
"The growth of culture"
Category: General5.Definition: something grown or growing
"A growth of hair"
Category: Objects7.Definition: vegetation that has grown
"A growth of trees", "The only growth was some salt grass"
Category: General