(n.) A woman; especially, a Dutch or German woman.
(n.) A dirty woman; a slattern.
(n.) A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.
(a.) Brittle.
Example Sentences:
(1) Frow added that the victory, which saw Channel 5 trump its rival across a week in terms of total share for the first time since it launched in 1997, was not something he would dwell on.
(2) Frow responded to comments made by Jay Hunt , Channel 4's chief creative officer, who implied that Channel 5's victory in a week of ratings was down to manipulated figures.
(3) "I'm not particularly confused as far as I'm concerned we all follow the same data and the same process," said Frow, speaking at the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival .
(4) Frow, who returned for a second career stint at Channel 5 when he started as director of programmes in February , voiced concern that the channel is not treated with the respect it deserves by production companies.
(5) Channel 5 controller Ben Frow has defended his ratings win over rival Channel 4 , adding that there needs to be a rethink over the view that his channel is an "also-ran".
(6) This frow is likely to be on-message, reflecting the capital's dressup diversity.
(7) Ms Dinnage's departure followed that of controller of features and entertainment, Ben Frow, who has joined Irish commercial TV network TV3 as head of programming.
(8) New York fashion week: notes from the frow Read more Still, it was Lauren’s own appearance at the end of the show that caused the most delight.
(9) Tiffany could be poised for a comeback Harper Beckham on the frow wearing a Tiffany necklace.
(10) Frow, who was controller of features and entertainment at the broadcaster between 2004 and 2007, added: "Channel 5 is in a very good place, it is not like it is a channel in the gutter.
(11) Ben Frow, our new director of programmes, is very clear in his vision.
(12) With a pair of shoes this totally Fashion, so the frow logic goes, the rest of any outfit can be almost nothing at all.
Grow
Definition:
(v. i.) To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs.
(v. i.) To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.
(v. i.) To spring up and come to matturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries.
(v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.
(v. i.) To become attached of fixed; to adhere.
(v. t.) To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco.
Example Sentences:
(1) The cotransfected cells do not grow in soft agar, but show enhanced soft agar growth relative to controls in the presence of added aFGF and heparin.
(2) Given Australia’s number one position as the worst carbon emitter per capita among major western nations it seems hardly surprising that islanders from Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and other small island developing states have been turning to Australia with growing exasperation demanding the country demonstrate an appropriate response and responsibility.
(3) Thus, B cells that grow spontaneously from the peripheral blood of SS patients spontaneously produce a B-cell growth factor.
(4) Madrid now hopes that a growing clamour for future rescues of Europe's banks to be done directly, without money going via governments, may still allow it to avoid accepting loans that would add to an already fast-growing national debt.
(5) Aside from these characteristic findings of HCC, it was important to reveal the following features for the diagnosis of well differentiated type of small HCC: variable thickening or distortion of trabecular structure in association with nuclear crowding, acinar formation, selective cytoplasmic accumulation of Mallory bodies, nuclear abnormalities consisting of thickening of nucleolus, hepatic cords in close contact with bile ducts or blood vessels, and hepatocytes growing in a fibrous environment.
(6) By growing purified human cytotrophoblasts under serum-free conditions and manipulating the culture surface, we were able to disassociate morphologic from biochemical differentiation.
(7) The form of the harvested crop, varietal characteristics and annual growing conditions have less bearing.
(8) In order for the club to grow and sustain its ability to be a competitive force in the Premier League, the board has made a number of decisions which will strengthen the club, support the executive team, manager and his staff and enhance shareholder return.
(9) The move to an alliance model is not only to achieve greater scale and reach, although growing from 15 partner organisations to 50 members is not to be sniffed at.
(10) The rate of nuclei stained by Pr-122 is different from that of Pr-192 in both growing and quiescent cultures.
(11) "We presently are involved in a number of intellectual property lawsuits, and as we face increasing competition and gain an increasingly high profile, we expect the number of patent and other intellectual property claims against us to grow," the company said.
(12) Brewdog backs down over Lone Wolf pub trademark dispute Read more The fast-growing Scottish brewer, which has burnished its underdog credentials with vocal criticism of how major brewers operate , recently launched a vodka brand called Lone Wolf.
(13) Their adaptive problems became worse while growing older until the age of 20.
(14) This receptor and a growing family of related cytokine receptors share homologous extracellular features, including a well-conserved WSXWS motif.
(15) In the DAUDI cell system, the acquired capability of tumor cell variants to grow in the presence of a relatively high concentration of vinblastine (VBL) is associated with a marked increase to NK and LAK susceptibility.
(16) In our work with bacteriophage T4, we observed that several T4 am mutants could grow on JM105.
(17) This will help nursing grow as a profession, particularly through entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial efforts.
(18) In WI-38, a normal human fibroblast, the rates of degradation of short lived and long lived proteins are identical whether the cultures are growing exponentially or are density-inhibited.
(19) Mu does not grow lytically in or kill him bacteria but can lysogenize such hosts.
(20) However, growing accustomed to “this strange atmosphere”, the Observer man became dazzled by Burgess’s “brilliance and charm”.