Definition of "growing"

growing

/ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ/

verb
1. present participle and gerund of grow
noun
countable and uncountable, plural growings
1. growth; increase
  Quotations
  Some of these unhappy emigrants felt a general sinking of all their mental and bodily energies, without, however, experiencing the growings of hunger.
  1852, Henry Howe, Historical Collections of the Great West
2. The raising of plants.