REGROW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does regrow mean? 

• REGROW (verb)
  The verb REGROW has 1 sense:

1. grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption

  Familiarity information: REGROW used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REGROW (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they regrow    ... he / she / it regrows   
Past simple: regrew   
Past participle: regrown   
-ing form: regrowing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

some invertebrates can regrow limbs or their tail after they lost it due to an injury

Hypernyms (to "regrow" is one way to...):

acquire; develop; get; grow; produce (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

 Context examples 

A study in mice shows for the first time that high-contrast visual stimulation can help damaged retinal neurons regrow optic nerve fibers, otherwise known as retinal ganglion cell axons.

(Visual activity regenerates neural connections between eye and brain, NIH)

Sea ice regrows during the frigid fall and winter months, when the sun is below the horizon in the Arctic.

(Arctic Sea Ice Annual Minimum Ties Second Lowest on Record, NASA)