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merriam webster
to grow old
para envejecer
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grow verb

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grew, has grown, is growing, grows
crecer; cultivar; dejar crecer; desarrollarse, madurar; aumentar; hacerse, volverse, ponerse

Example sentences of
grow verb

  • •The city is growing rapidly.
  • •The list of chores to do this weekend keeps growing.
  • •She grew intellectually and emotionally in her first year at college.
  • •It's wonderful to see how she has grown as a person since going to college.
  • •It can be hard to watch our children change as they grow.
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  • •He's still just a growing boy.
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Synonyms of
grow verb

become, cultivate, develop, increase, mature, raise

old adjective

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antiguo; viejo; anciano; gastado

Example sentences of
old adjective

  • •He's an old man now.
  • •We rented an old black-and-white movie.
  • •There's an old saying that good fences make good neighbors.
  • •She wore a T-shirt and an old pair of jeans.
  • •a new approach to an old problem
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  • •I wish you would stop wearing that dirty old hat!
  • •The hotel was old and dingy.
  • •the oldest known civilization in the region
  • •The house we live in is 50 years old.
  • •We went back to visit our old neighborhood.
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Synonyms of
old adjective

ancient, venerable, antique, antiquated, archaic, obsolete, outmoded, passe, old-fashioned, aged, familiar, former, worn-out