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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For grown people, to dwell too long on such flights of fancy is suspect.
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It’s based on measurements of tick nymphs and full grown ticks in sample areas.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
This matter-harvesting continues until the star is sufficiently massive enough to trigger the fusion of hydrogen to helium at the heart of the star, the nuclear process that defines what a fully grown or main-sequence star is.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 26 June 2025
On the face of things, this ruling handed a momentous win to Woldenberg, who attended the hearing with his wife and three grown children, all of whom work for the business.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Book Marks
july 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
It’s based on measurements of tick nymphs and full grown ticks in sample areas.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
This matter-harvesting continues until the star is sufficiently massive enough to trigger the fusion of hydrogen to helium at the heart of the star, the nuclear process that defines what a fully grown or main-sequence star is.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 26 June 2025
On the face of things, this ruling handed a momentous win to Woldenberg, who attended the hearing with his wife and three grown children, all of whom work for the business.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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“Grown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grown. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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