Old English, present participle adjective from grow (v.). Growing season is attested from 1729; growing pains by 1752.
growing (n.)
late 14c., "a gradual increase, action of causing to increase," verbal noun from grow (v.). Meaning "that which has grown, a crop" is from 1540s. Dialectal growsome "tending to make things grow" is from 1570s.
雙語例句
1. The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.