gro

See also: Gro, GRO, and gró

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English

Etymology

Shortening of gross, perhaps via grody.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊ

Adjective

gro (comparative more gro, superlative most gro)

1. (US, slang) Disgusting, unpleasant; gross.

   Wash your hair! It's totally gro.

See also

• grody

Anagrams

• Org., Rog, org, rog

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German grāo, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Cognate with German grau, English grey, Dutch grijs, Icelandic grár.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʀo/, [ɡʀoː]
  • Rhymes: -oː

Adjective

gro (masculine groen, neuter grot, comparative méi gro, superlative am groosten)

1. grey

Declension

declension of gro

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass gro	si ass gro	et ass gro	si si(nn) gro
without article	nominative/accusative	groen	gro	grot	gro
	dative	groem	groer	groem	groen
with article	nominative/accusative	groen	gro	grot	gro
	dative	groen	groer	groen	groen

See also

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gróa

Verb

gro (imperative gro, present tense gror, passive -, simple past grodde, past participle grodd, present participle groende)

1. to grow
2. to sprout, germinate

Derived terms

• inngrodd
• mosegrodd

References

• “gro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse gróa. Akin to English grow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡruː/

Verb

gro (present tense gror, past tense grodde, past participle grodd or grott, passive infinitive groast, present participle groande, imperative gro)

1. (of plants and body hair): to grow

   Graset gror godt i denne varmen.

   The grass is growing well in this heat.

2. to sprout, germinate
3. (of cuts and sores): to heal

   Ta plaster på såret til det gror.

   Put a band-aid on the sore until it heals.

Derived terms

• inngrodd
• mosegrodd

References

• “gro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German grao, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Compare German grau, Dutch grauw, English gray, Icelandic grár, Swedish grå.

Adjective

gro

1. gray, grey

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French gros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrôː/
• Hyphenation: gro

Adverb

grȏ (Cyrillic spelling гро̑)

1. much, a lot

Synonyms

• pȕno, mnȍgo, dȍsta

References

• “gro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal, 2006–2019

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from English grow.

Verb

gro

1. To grow.

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *grọw, from Proto-Celtic *grāwā.

Noun

gro m pl (singulative gröyn)

1. gravel, pebbles