different between dro vs gro

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of hydroponic.

Noun

dro (uncountable)

1. (slang) Marijuana grown hydroponically.
   • 2005, Chamillionaire (featuring Krayzie Bone), "Ridin'", The Sound of Revenge:

     They upset for sho', cause they think they know / That they catching me with plenty of the drank and dro

Anagrams

• D. Or., Dor, Dor., ODR, Ord, RDO, Rod, d'or, dor, ord, rod

Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o/

Noun

dro

1. earth, soil

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "?De’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Ligurian

Etymology

de (“of”) +? ro (“the”, masculine singular determinative article)

Contraction

dro

1. Obsolete form of do: of the (masculine singular)

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?o/, [d?o?]

Verb

dro

1. second-person singular imperative of droen

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• drog

Verb

dro

1. simple past of dra

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dro?/

Noun

dro

1. Soft mutation of tro.

Verb

dro

1. Soft mutation of tro.

Mutation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Shortening of gross (adjective), perhaps via grody.

Adjective

gro (comparative more gro, superlative most gro)

1. (US, slang) Disgusting, unpleasant; gross.

   Wash your hair! It's totally gro.

See also

• grody

Etymology 2

Shortening of gross (noun).

Numeral

gro

1. The cardinal number occurring after el do el (??) and before gro one (101) in a duodecimal system. Written 100, decimal value 144.

See also

• mo

Etymology 3

Shortening of grove.

Noun

gro

1. (Britain, in street addresses) Abbreviation of grove.

Anagrams

• Org., Rog, org, org., rog

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German gr?o, from Proto-Germanic *gr?waz. Cognate with German grau, English grey, Dutch grijs, Icelandic grár.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??o/, [??o?]
  • Rhymes: -o?

Adjective

gro (masculine groen, neuter grot, comparative méi gro, superlative am groosten)

1. grey

Declension

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gróa

Verb

gro (imperative gro, present tense gror, passive -, simple past grodde, past participle grodd, present participle groende)

1. to grow
2. to sprout, germinate

Derived terms

• inngrodd
• mosegrodd

References

• “gro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ru?/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gróa. Akin to English grow.

Verb

gro (present tense gror, past tense grodde, past participle grodd or grott, passive infinitive groast, present participle groande, imperative gro)

1. (of plants and body hair): to grow

   Graset gror godt i denne varmen.

   The grass is growing well in this heat.

2. to sprout, germinate
3. (of cuts and sores): to heal

   Ta plaster på såret til det gror.

   Put a band-aid on the sore until it heals.

Derived terms

• inngrodd
• mosegrodd

Etymology 2

Noun

gro f (definite singular groa, indefinite plural grør, definite plural grørne)

1. a toad

   Synonym: padde

References

• “gro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German grao, from Proto-Germanic *gr?waz. Compare German grau, Dutch grauw, English gray, Icelandic grár, Swedish grå.

Adjective

gro

1. gray, grey

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?/

Noun

gro

1. vocative singular of gra

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French gros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rô?/
• Hyphenation: gro

Adverb

gr? (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. much, a lot

Synonyms

• p?no, mn?go, d?sta

References

• “gro” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English grow.

Verb

gro

1. To grow.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gr?w, from Proto-Celtic *gr?w?.

Noun

gro m pl (singulative gröyn)

1. gravel, pebbles

Mutation