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grow verb growe; (of plants, rapidly) come awa.
‣ growing fast (of vegetation) growthie.
‣ stop growing (of plants or animals) set.
‣ grown-up adjective: up, muckle; (of a man) man-grown, man-big; (of a woman) wumman-grown, wumman-muckle.
‣ growth growthe.
‣ grow longer (of days in spring) creep oot, rax.
‣ grow old see OLD.
‣ grow shorter (of days in autumn) creep in.
‣ grow smaller creep in, crine.
old adjective aul(d), ald, aal NORTH, owl(d) SHETLAND, ORKNEY, NORTH, ARGYLL, ULSTER.
‣ oldest (in a family) aul(d): auld brither.
‣ old age eild.
‣ old-fashioned aul(d)-farran(t), auld-warld.
‣ old-fashioned little girl grannie mutch(ie).
‣ old-fashioned-looking woman Auntie Beenie.
‣ old man bodach.
‣ old woman cailleach HIGHLAND, NORTH, WEST CENTRAL, ULSTER, grannie mutch(ie), luckie: Luckie Broon, deem NORTH-EAST, carline (contemptuous).
‣ grow old gang doon the hill.