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3 letters

WAX
Increase in phase; "the moon is waxing"

GET
A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

4 letters

TURN
Get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year"

RISE
Rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"

FARM
Workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit; "it takes several people to work the farm"

5 letters

RAISE
The act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

SWELL
A crescendo followed by a decrescendo

ARISE
Move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"

6 letters

SPROUT
A newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)

BECOME
Enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"

UPRISE
Return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"

ACCRUE
Grow by addition; "The interest accrues"

EVOLVE
Work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"

MATURE
Become due for repayment; "These bonds mature in 2005"

EXPAND
Grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"

7 letters

ENLARGE
Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

BALLOON
Large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air

BURGEON
Grow and flourish; "The burgeoning administration"; "The burgeoning population"

AMPLIFY
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

ACQUIRE
Win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"

PRODUCE
Fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market

BLOSSOM
Produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed"

DEVELOP
Change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"

8 letters

INCREASE
The act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"

MATURATE
Grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"

SPRINGUP
Come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

SNOWBALL
Snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully)

MULTIPLY
Combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15"

ESCALATE
Increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

MUSHROOM
A large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)

FLOURISH
A display of ornamental speech or language

9 letters

CULTIVATE
Foster the growth of

ORIGINATE
Begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta"