Meaning

2 senses
  1. Covered by growth; overgrown.

    What once was a farm was grown with trees.

  2. (US)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.

More definitions
  • (of animals) fully developed

Origin

From Middle English growen.

From Middle English growen.

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Forms

more grown, most grown
Comparativemore grown Lesson
Superlativemost grown Lesson

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
matureB2grown up
adult:grown-ass
Close in meaning

Word family

21 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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