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
Recent Examples on the Web
Banks also has several other grown children who were treated poorly in her custody, including a son who fell into a coma at 4 years old from previously undiagnosed diabetes, according to court documents.
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 27 Apr. 2024
Expand All In March 2012, a mother came to the Key Biscayne Police Department with her 14-year-old daughter, who had been sent steamy love letters from a grown man — Oscar Olea, her 26-year-old gymnastics coach.
—Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
Running to home base has never felt so urgent for this motley crew of beautifully flawed grown men.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
The couple’s grown children are not interested in continuing the long family tradition.
—Laura Fornell, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2024
However, a grown man does not engage in inappropriate text messages to a teenager.
—Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Like, this is a huge sacrifice for a grown woman to make.
—Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
Editor’s picks Now, the Kid’s a grown man, living in the big city.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2024
Frasier spent the next two decades as a talk show host in the Windy City, but now that has wrapped, and he’s moved back to Boston to reconnect with his grown son, Freddy (Jack Cutmore-Scott), and nephew David (Anders Keith).
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 27 Apr. 2024
Expand All In March 2012, a mother came to the Key Biscayne Police Department with her 14-year-old daughter, who had been sent steamy love letters from a grown man — Oscar Olea, her 26-year-old gymnastics coach.
—Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
Running to home base has never felt so urgent for this motley crew of beautifully flawed grown men.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
The couple’s grown children are not interested in continuing the long family tradition.
—Laura Fornell, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2024
However, a grown man does not engage in inappropriate text messages to a teenager.
—Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Like, this is a huge sacrifice for a grown woman to make.
—Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
Editor’s picks Now, the Kid’s a grown man, living in the big city.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2024
Frasier spent the next two decades as a talk show host in the Windy City, but now that has wrapped, and he’s moved back to Boston to reconnect with his grown son, Freddy (Jack Cutmore-Scott), and nephew David (Anders Keith).
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
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“Grown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grown. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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