full-grown
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of full-grown
First recorded in 1660–70
Example Sentences
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Consider, then, taking in a mammal that can fell a tree, chew through wire, weighs 30 to 60 pounds full-grown, loves to wrestle, needs to swim and can only defecate in water.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
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.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2025
Her play, about a lonely, full-grown man with an imaginary friend who drinks away his life at a tiki bar until he is aided by some residents of his small town outside Rochester, New York.
From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024
All in all, the researchers examined the vertebrae of 10 threshers, ranging from an embryo to full-grown adults over 13 feet long.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024
Although a full-grown rabbit is not really in danger from owls, there are few who take no account of them.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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