grower
nounUS /ˈɡɹoʊɚ/
Etymology From grow + -er.
1
A farmer; one who grows things.
- He was an orange grower from Florida.
- That first batch of yarn set the pattern for Knudsen Knits: Farah seeks out local wool growers, selects fleeces, and works with small local mills to produce yarn.2026, Sandi Rosner, “Knudsen Knits: Sourcing & Milling Local Heritage-Breed Wool”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 39:
2
Something that grows.
- These flowers are fast growers
- 'The Bride' [a snowdrop variety], found in the early Seventies at Foxcote Farm near Cheltenham, was his first discovery. It's a poculiform (cup-shaped) G. elwesii with six pure white petals of the same length. Like many poculiforms […] it's not a strong grower.2015 February 7, Val Bourne, “The quiet man of the world of snowdrops”, in The Daily Telegraph (London), page G8:
3
Someone or something, especially music, that becomes more likeable over time.
- I didn't like the song at first, but it is a real grower.
- Sanctury^([sic]) - the least obvious single but what a grower. When I first heard this track I thought it was rather average. After playing the album several times, this was the one that kept coming into my head throughout the day.1994, Mr. S.R. Winterton, “Bedtime Stories - The Singles”, in alt.fan.madonna (Usenet):
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- […]assimilating some vaguely psych, folk-rock, and other influences into their own twang without losing sense of style and taste: a grower, not a shower (that's show-er, not shower).2001, Maximum Rock 'n' Roll, Issue 223:
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Slang A person whose penis increases in size significantly when erect.
- As a man who can best be described as a "grower not a shower", I helped Brent realize that many people in the gay community are concerned in a very adolescent way with their dick size, including me.1993, Barry Burns, “Muffin on Parade”, in soc.motss (Usenet):
- "Growers" are guys whose penises tend to contract a lot lengthwise when flaccid, while "show-ers" are guys whose penises could be said to merely "deflate" without contracting much in length.1994, jenster, “Penis Size and other Eternal Questions”, in seattle.general (Usenet):
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- His dick, if I remember correctly, is more of a shower than a grower[…]2003, Austin Foxxe, Three the Hard Way: Tales of Three-way Sex Between Men:
- Derived terms
- applegrower, coffeegrower, fruitgrower, melongrower, microgrower, olivegrower, ricegrower, silkgrower, stockgrower, vine-grower, wheatgrower, winegrower, wine grower, woolgrower