growing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of grow

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)growth; increase

   “Some of these unhappy emigrants felt a general sinking of all their mental and bodily energies, without, however, experiencing the growings of hunger.”

2. (countable, uncountable)The raising of plants.

   “The growing season here begins in March.”