1
: fully grown : mature
grown men and women
2
: covered or surrounded with vegetation
land well grown with trees
3
a
: cultivated or produced in a specified way or locality
—used in combination
shade-grown tobacco
b
: overgrown with
—used in combination
a weed-grown patio
Examples of grown in a Sentence
It's a job that requires a grown man.
a field lavishly grown with poppies
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Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2026
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—Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2026
In a story this complicated, where everyone from a little girl to a grown man from Boston is begging for their humanity, even Howard Stevens deserves some, too.
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Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2026
My grown kids still act like kids — selfish and insensitive.
—Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2026
In a story this complicated, where everyone from a little girl to a grown man from Boston is begging for their humanity, even Howard Stevens deserves some, too.
—Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
As its 20-minute ovation showed, there is certainly an appetite for a new kind of gay love story this year at Cannes, where Jordan Firstman’s similarly disarming Club Kid left grown women in tears.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 May 2026
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“Grown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grown. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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