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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
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
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 ..."