Grow
Grow verb - To look after or assist the growth of by labor and care.
Shrink
Shrink verb - To become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter.
Usage example: the sweater will shrink a little when washed
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Rita "Elasti-girl" Farr can grow or shrink to any size, and grow her limbs to be different sizes... but had zero control over it, wrecking her movie career.
Source: Blessed With Suck / Comic Books -
Similarly, the mushroom that makes Alice grow or shrink, depending on which side is eaten.
Source: Power-Up Food -
And Ray Palmer, though he could not shrink or grow as the Atom, still had a superpower in his book; albeit with only the nigh-useless ability to make one of his hands grow very large.
Source: Comicbook / Convergence
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