Grow
Grow verb - To look after or assist the growth of by labor and care.
Thin
Thin verb - To alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances.
Common collocations
| food | grow food | thin food |
| hair | grow hair | thin hair |
| population | grow population | thin population |
| fruit | grow fruit | thin fruit |
Both words in one sentence
- Half of the job of the Justice League (notably Cyborg) is trying to get him to grow up and realize how much good he can do with his powers instead of creating ping pong tables from thin air.
Source: Ideal Hero -
Cats have a thin layer of magma surrounding them, birds can grow fists, mice have plant based organs, and so on.
- Masculine Lines, Feminine Curves: When Rose and Sarah are in adolescence, she notices that Sarah has begun to grow breasts and wide hips, while she has still remained fairly thin.
Source: Literature / Misfortune
Cite this Source
Thin and Grow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/grow/thin
Grow & Thin. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/grow/thin>.
Thin or Grow. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/grow/thin.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "grow" and "thin" have occurred on timeline