Definition of Grown

1. Adjective. (of animals) fully developed. "A grown woman"

Exact synonyms: Adult, Big, Full-grown, Fully Grown, Grownup
Category relationships: Animal, Animate Being, Beast, Brute, Creature, Fauna
Similar to: Mature
Derivative terms: Adult, Adult, Grownup

Definition of Grown

1. Verb. (past participle of grow) ¹

2. Adjective. Covered by growth; overgrown. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grown

1. mature [adj] - See also: mature

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grown

growl
growled
growlers
growlery
growlier
growliest
growliness
growlinesses
growling
growlingly
growlings
growls
growly
growmore
grown (current term)
grown-up
grown-ups
grown old
grown on
grown out of
grown up
grown ups
grownd
grownds
growne
grownup
grownups
grows
grows old

Literary usage of Grown

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"grown, and without further application of nitrogen. The final analyses of the crops and soils showed that the organic nitrogen contained in the cow peas, ..."

2. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"this way of late had been much unoccupied, and was almost all grown over with grass. Then said Christiana, Though the highways have been unoccupied ..."

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