grow upwards
Frequency: 8.015.1 per million words
to increase in height or develop in an upward direction
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- Most plants naturally grow upwards towards the sunlight.
- The ivy continued to grow upwards along the old brick wall.
- In a dense forest, trees must grow upwards quickly to compete for light.
- Stalagmites grow upwards from the cave floor over thousands of years.
- Without pruning, the hedges will just grow upwards and look messy.
- We trained the rose bushes to grow upwards over the archway.
- Bamboo shoots can grow upwards at an astonishing speed after rain.
- The architect designed the structure to appear as if it grew upwards from the rock.
- Under these conditions, the crystals will begin to grow upwards.
- The smoke from the fire seemed to grow upwards into the night sky.