full-grown
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of full-grown
First recorded in 1660–70
Example Sentences
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The best way to estimate the full-grown size of a piglet is by its parents, Rosen said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Although smaller than an adult T. rex, it was still a full-grown animal that lived in a far more diverse Late Cretaceous ecosystem than previously thought.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 9, 2025
His sister, Elaine, a child when he left “was already a full-grown woman.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 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
“Musta been a rattler,” her father declared, moving faster than Stella ever dreamed possible for someone carrying another full-grown person.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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