growths

'growths'

[growth.n.01] as in: (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

Examples:
he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children

'growths'

[growth.n.02] as in: a progression from simpler to more complex forms

Examples:
the growth of culture

'growths'

[increase.n.03] as in: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

Examples:
the increase in unemployment
the growth of population

'growths'

[growth.n.04] as in: vegetation that has grown

Examples:
a growth of trees
the only growth was some salt grass

'growths'

[emergence.n.01] as in: the gradual beginning or coming forth

Examples:
figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece

'growths'

[growth.n.06] as in: (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

'growths'

[growth.n.07] as in: something grown or growing

Examples:
a growth of hair

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