regrow
verb
re·grow
(ˌ)rē-ˈgrō 
regrew
(ˌ)rē-ˈgrü
; regrown
(ˌ)rē-ˈgrōn
; regrowing
; regrown
(ˌ)rē-ˈgrōn
; regrowing
: to grow (something, such as a missing part) anew
: to continue growth after interruption or injury
Examples of regrow in a Sentence
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This way, the coral will merge and regrow over the frame.
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Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
To help regrow coral, branches of healthy coral must be snipped off and replanted somewhere else.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Although a stump now pokes out where the imposing sycamore once dominated the undulating English moors, arboreal experts say the tree is very much alive and will probably regrow.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
Recycle the pineapple's top by planting it to regrow it into a houseplant that will produce fruit.
—Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2024
Seeds are also being spread to regrow plants on land that drowned decades ago.
—Ben Tracy, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024
There are a couple of exceptions since yews (Taxus) and hemlock (Tsuga) regrow well from regular pruning.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2024
No longer pruned by rodent teeth, plants regrow on soils still enriched with nitrogen and phosphorus.
—Bathsheba Demuth, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2024
Their next step was to harness the effect: regrowing mouse fur.
—Max G. Levy, WIRED, 12 July 2023
Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
To help regrow coral, branches of healthy coral must be snipped off and replanted somewhere else.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Although a stump now pokes out where the imposing sycamore once dominated the undulating English moors, arboreal experts say the tree is very much alive and will probably regrow.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
Recycle the pineapple's top by planting it to regrow it into a houseplant that will produce fruit.
—Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2024
Seeds are also being spread to regrow plants on land that drowned decades ago.
—Ben Tracy, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024
There are a couple of exceptions since yews (Taxus) and hemlock (Tsuga) regrow well from regular pruning.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2024
No longer pruned by rodent teeth, plants regrow on soils still enriched with nitrogen and phosphorus.
—Bathsheba Demuth, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2024
Their next step was to harness the effect: regrowing mouse fur.
—Max G. Levy, WIRED, 12 July 2023
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regrow
verb
re·grow
(ˈ)rē-ˈgrō
: to grow (as a missing part) again
Medical Definition
regrow
intransitive verb
re·grow
(ˈ)rē-ˈgrō
: to continue growth after interruption or injury
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