full-grown
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of full-grown
First recorded in 1660–70
Example Sentences
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Full grown in about six years, Bei Bei will probably weigh about 275 pounds.
From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2016
Full grown, Leakey says, the boy might have reached 6 ft.
From Time Magazine Archive
Full grown boars being often savage and difficult to tame, and prone to attack men and animals, should be deprived of their tusks.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert
You can crawl Hungry and subtle over Eden's wall, And shame half grown up truth, or make a lie Full grown as good.
From Songs and Satires by Masters, Edgar Lee
Full grown men, forgetful of themselves, sobbed over the destitution of those they loved, and self-sacrificing women strove to comfort those of weaker hearts, who had lost no more than themselves.
From The Burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania by Schneck, B. S. (Benjamin Shroder)
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