grown

verbadjectivecommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ɡɹəʊn//
United States//ɡɹoʊn//
New Zealand//ˈɡɹɐʉn//
New Zealand//ˈɡɹɐʉən//
Scotland//ɡɾon//

Covered by growth; overgrown.

verb

1
Also a form of growpast participle of grow

Etymology

From Middle English growen. Morphologically grow + -n.

adjective

1
Covered by growth; overgrown.
What once was a farm was grown with trees.
2
Of a person: adult.
grown woman/man/adult
Listen, I'm a grown woman, and I don't have time to deal with your petty teenage drama.

Forms

comparative: more grown
superlative: most grown

growing · Growth; increase.growl · A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an…growling · Producing a growl.

grown · Covered by growth; overgrown.

grown-up · Adult, physically mature.growth · An increase in size, number, value, or strength.grub · An insect, especially a beetle, at an immature stage of its…

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