full-grown

[fool-grohn]

adjective

1. completely grown; mature.

Word History and Origins

Origin of full-grown¹

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

His sister, Elaine, a child when he left “was already a full-grown woman.”

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He’ll apparently risk dozens of full-grown proteges for one unproven tot.

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“I have full-grown adults come up to me and tell me that I was their childhood.”

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Along with removing the eucalyptus trees, they have nurtured 50 full-grown oak trees and removed tons of old firewood and other debris, Cleaves said.

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But how did the stone, which weighs about as much as a full-grown bison, end up in L.A.

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