Past participle of grow.
adj.
- Having full growth; mature: a grown woman.
- Produced or cultivated in a certain way or place: locally grown produce.
Dictionary:
grown (grōn) ![]() |
| Thesaurus: grown |
adjective
| Word Tutor: grown |
There are no hopeless situations; there are only people who have grown hopeless about them.
Tutor's tip: "Grown" (mature or older) people will certainly "groan" (a sound of pain) if they are hit in the "groin" (where the abdomen and the thighs meet).
| WordNet: grown |
The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
(of animals) fully developed
Synonyms: adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grownup
| Shopping: grown |
| grass-grown | |
| asymphytous | |
| seed-grown |
Copyrights:
![]() | Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more | |
![]() | Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more | |
![]() | Word Tutor. Copyright © 2004-present by eSpindle Learning, a 501(c) nonprofit organization. All rights reserved. eSpindle provides personalized spelling and vocabulary tutoring online; free trial. Read more | |
![]() | WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more |
Mentioned in