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# regrow

«regrow» in Mova's school dictionary: **To grow again after being cut, lost or damaged: Lizards…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (regrow, regrows, regrew, regrown, regrowing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To grow again after being cut, lost or damaged: Lizards can regrow their tails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regrow/#m1)

2) To make something grow again: regrow a forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regrow/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons: plants regrow from roots or cuttings; starfish regrow arms; some lizards regrow tails; human hair and nails regrow but teeth do not after adult ones. In maths: «Grass regrows 2 cm a week». In everyday life you can regrow spring onions in water. Phrases: «regrow a tail», «regrow from seed», «regrow hair».

### examples

- A starfish can regrow a lost arm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regrow/#x1)
- The forest will regrow after the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regrow/#x2)
- You can regrow lettuce from its stump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regrow/#x3)
- My hair regrew after the haircut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regrow/#x4)
- The grass regrows 3 cm each week; how much in 4 weeks? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regrow/#x5)
- Some lizards regrow their tails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regrow/#x6)
- Adult teeth cannot regrow if they fall out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regrow/#x7)

### note

Irregular like «grow»: regrow, regrew, regrown. Prefix «re-» = again. Noun: regrowth. Myth: cut worms do not always regrow into two worms.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «regrow» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regrow/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.