grown

American  

[grohn] / groʊn /

adjective

1. advanced in growth.

   a grown boy.

2. arrived at full growth or maturity; adult.

   a grown man.

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verb

1. past participle of grow.

grown British  

/ ɡrəʊn /

adjective

1. 1. developed or advanced

      fully grown

   2. ( in combination )

      half-grown

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Other Word Forms

• half-grown adjective
• ungrown adjective

Etymology

Origin of grown

First recorded in 1325–75, for the adjective

Example Sentences

Open houses have grown so crowded the school added extra days.

From The Wall Street Journal

There are a whopping twelve restaurants on the island, like Roots, a multi-course, plant-based meal made with ingredients grown on the island’s zero-waste garden.

From Salon

Parents who had grown accustomed to being able to reach their kids at any moment pushed back when some districts proposed phone bans.

From The Wall Street Journal

A breach above that level is not our base case, but we have to respect upside risks to yields from levels we have grown accustomed to.

From Barron's

Instead, Mexican exports to the U.S. have grown.

From The Wall Street Journal