Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 21, 2024
Search: GROW
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 96 | Higgins (1923) | GROW~BLOSSOM | BLOSSOM | BLOSSOM: "Grow" and both "&" hands with tips together to indicate "Bud" and then finger tips are separated to show opening of bud. | 21 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=96&refid=higgins1923 |
| 417 | Long (1918) | DECREASE | DECREASE, GROW SMALLER | DECREASE, GRADUALLY GROW SMALLER: Hold the open hands out, one down and the other quite a distance above it, palms facing; gradually draw the hands toward each other, giving them a bellows-like motion. IX,195. | 54 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=417&refid=long1918 |
| 401 | Long (1918) | GROW | GROW | GROW: Hold the right "&" hand with finger ends up; bring the left hand and close around it so the ends of the fingers will be just below the "O;" push right hand up through the "O" as if plant was coming above the ground, and spread out the fingers, making "5" hand as they come up through. IX,189. | 52 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=401&refid=long1918 |
| 893 | Long (1918) | GROW~GREEN(shaking-around-horiz-area) | GRASS | GRASS: Push the right "&" hand up through the left "O" hand; then carry it out in position of "G" and pass it over an imaginary surface, giving it a shaking motion to indicate the green surface. | 98 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=893&refid=long1918 |
| 260 | Michaels (1923) | GREEN~GROW~EAT | GRAZE | GRAZE: 1. Sign grass and eat. | 68 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=260&refid=michaels1923 |
| 267 | Michaels (1923) | GROW | GROW | GROW:] 1. Close the left fingers around the right hand and fingers. 2. Force the right fingers up through the grip of the left fingers. 3. Show height, by moving the hand, palm down, up from the ground to the proper height; or from over the palm of the other hand. | 69 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=267&refid=michaels1923 |
| 485 | Michaels (1923) | GROW~KEEP | RAISE | RAISE: 1. Make the sign of grow and keep. | 106 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=485&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 439 | Gallaudet (1910) | GROW | N/A | BUT SOME NEGATIVE GROW(rep,rt) W-I-L-D AND(l-hand) LOOK-AT(1h-to-rt) DURING MONTH S-E-P-T NAMED H-E-A-T-H-E-R VERY BEAUTIFUL RED(rep4x) ALL-OVER. | 41 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=439 |
| 469 | Gallaudet (1910) | GROW | N/A | NEAR(rep) THAT(1h) H-E-A-T-H-E-R, LAND PLACE(-to-rt) WITH G-O-R-S-E YELLOW BEAUTIFUL VERY ALL-OVER(2h,l-hand_static,rc) AND(l-hand) FROM-THEN-ON(-to-rt) B-R-A-K-E-N RED(l-hand) BLACK(l-hand) COLOR GROW(rep3x,small_arc_at_rt) AND DURING INDEFINITE LOOK-AT(1h+arc-to-rt) SEEM(2h) SAME ONE BEAUTIFUL ARTIST(rep5x,lt) cl-d-trace:11(picture-frame,lt) IN C-O-L-O-R | 42 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=469 |
| 511 | Gallaudet (1910) | GROW | N/A | NOW CONTINUE(2h) GOOD VERY GROW(rep2x,ctr-to-lt) ENOUGH(rep,lt) NEAT(lt) | 45 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=511 |