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grown Definition

grown (grōn)

intransitive verb, transitive verb

grow

adjective

  1. having completed its growth; fully developed; mature
  2. covered with a specified growth
  3. cultivated as specified home-grown

grown Synonyms

grown

modif.

of age, adult, grown up; see mature 1.

grown Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • accustomed: This he admits to himself in I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face.
  • timber: Harvested at around 55 years, slow grown timber is superior in hardness and durability.
  • tree: Next day, he found a full grown lime tree standing there for him: brought in Bormann.
  • man: Here is a grown man dressed in a full chicken outfit getting ready to hit the stage.
  • up: Career break advice Gap Year for Grown Ups is happy to help with any aspect of career break advice.
  • woman: People go on about her age, she was 20 a grown woman, with her own job and flat in London before marrying.

Modifying Another Word

  • organically: Organically Grown Once we get the ' locally produced ' right, the rest of the LOAF breaks smoothly.
  • almost: I know they only recorded one LP, which included this, their beaty version of Chuck Berry's ' Almost Grown ' .
  • locally: Trio in the locally grown herbs your cards right.
  • fully: Alternative Cuisine Oh, Bring A Fully Grown Kangaroo My Recipe Needs Some!
grown Quotes

We wove a web in childhood, A web of sunny air; We dug a spring in infancy Of water pure and fair; We sowed in youth a mustard seed, We cut an almond rod; We are now grown up to riper ageö Are they withered in the sod?

—Bronte«  , Charlotte

Browse dictionary entries near grown

  1. growler
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  3. growing point
  4. growing pains
  5. growing
  6. grower
  7. grow
  8. groveling
  9. grovel
  10. grove
  1. grown-up
  2. growth
  3. growth company
  4. growth factor
  5. growth hormone
  6. growth investing
  7. growth stock
  8. Grozny
  9. GRT
  10. grub