adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   past participle of grow form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Covered by growth; overgrown.

   "What once was a farm was grown with trees."

2. 2
   Of a person: adult. US

   "grown woman/man/adult"

Adjective

1. 1
   (of animals) fully developed wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

adultadultassembledbigbigblooming

Antonyms

All antonyms

childchildrenseed

Example

More examples

"Now that you're grown up, you must not behave like that."

Etymology

From Middle English growen. Morphologically grow + -n.

Related phrases

Empire-grownfull-grownfully-growngrass-growngrown-upgrown-up-nessgrown-upnesshalf-grownhigh-grownhome-grownlab-grownliver-grown

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