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grower en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡɹoʊɚ/ (General-American)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English grow Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English grower From grow + -er.

Meanings

  1. A farmer; one who grows things.
    • He was an orange grower from Florida.
    • That first batch of yarn set the pattern for Knudsen Knits: Farah seeks out local wool growers, selects fleeces, and works with small local mills to produce yarn. 2026, Sandi Rosner, “Knudsen Knits: Sourcing & Milling Local Heritage-Breed Wool”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 39:
  2. Something that grows.
    • 'The Bride' [a snowdrop variety], found in the early Seventies at Foxcote Farm near Cheltenham, was his first discovery. It's a poculiform (cup-shaped) G. elwesii with six pure white petals of the same length. Like many poculiforms […] it's not a strong grower. 2015 February 7, Val Bourne, “The quiet man of the world of snowdrops”, in The Daily Telegraph (London), page G8:
    • These flowers are fast growers
  3. Someone or something, especially music, that becomes more likeable over time.
    • Sanctury^([sic]) - the least obvious single but what a grower. When I first heard this track I thought it was rather average. After playing the album several times, this was the one that kept coming into my head throughout the day. 1994, Mr. S.R. Winterton, “Bedtime Stories - The Singles”, in alt.fan.madonna (Usenet):
    • […]assimilating some vaguely psych, folk-rock, and other influences into their own twang without losing sense of style and taste: a grower, not a shower (that's show-er, not shower). 2001, Maximum Rock 'n' Roll, Issue 223:
    • I didn't like the song at first, but it is a real grower.
  4. (slang) A person whose penis increases in size significantly when erect.
    • As a man who can best be described as a "grower not a shower", I helped Brent realize that many people in the gay community are concerned in a very adolescent way with their dick size, including me. 1993, Barry Burns, “Muffin on Parade”, in soc.motss (Usenet):
    • His dick, if I remember correctly, is more of a shower than a grower[…] 2003, Austin Foxxe, Three the Hard Way: Tales of Three-way Sex Between Men:
    • "Growers" are guys whose penises tend to contract a lot lengthwise when flaccid, while "show-ers" are guys whose penises could be said to merely "deflate" without contracting much in length. 1994, jenster, “Penis Size and other Eternal Questions”, in seattle.general (Usenet):

Forms

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Antonyms

shower

Deriveds

wine grower · woolgrower · olivegrower · stockgrower · ricegrower · vine-grower · applegrower · wheatgrower · coffeegrower · corngrower · silkgrower · fruitgrower · microgrower · melongrower · winegrower

Translations (17)

hu növekvő (something that grows (in the specified way)) · hu gazda (a farmer who grows things) · nb dyrker (a farmer who grows things) · hu termesztő (a farmer who grows things) · hu termelő (a farmer who grows things) · nl bloedlul ((slang) man whose penis does not show its full size until it is erect) · hu termő (something that grows (in the specified way)) · ko 자라자지 ((slang) man whose penis does not show its full size until it is erect) · hu növő (something that grows (in the specified way)) · hu fejlődő (something that grows (in the specified way)) · hu művelő (a farmer who grows things) · hu kertész (a farmer who grows things) · hu tenyésztő (a farmer who grows things) · hu vérfarokkal rendelkező férfi ((slang) man whose penis does not show its full size until it is erect) · fi kasvattaja (a farmer who grows things) · hu ültetvényes (a farmer who grows things) · fr maraîcher (a farmer who grows things)