grown

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\ ˈgrōn

Definition of grown

1 : fully grown : mature grown men and women

2 : covered or surrounded with vegetation land well grown with trees

3a : 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

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It's a job that requires a grown man. a field lavishly grown with poppies

Recent Examples on the Web My husband had two grown daughters, a 36- and a 38-year-old who lived with their mother. — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 22 May 2022 My husband had two grown daughters, a 36- and a 38-year-old who lived with their mother. — cleveland, 22 May 2022 After buying out some outside investors three years ago, the Mikhailovich family, which includes two grown daughters, owns it all. — William Baldwin, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022 Adriana is 54 now, the mother of two grown daughters. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2022 This helped convince one of their three grown daughters, Danielle Beyer, 38, and her husband, who live in New Jersey, to spend a month there, along with their puppy. — Nancy Keates, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022 The Raksins have two grown daughters: Hannah Grace, a banker and Tabitha, a teacher. — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2022 The Lost Daughter stars Colman as Leda, a literature professor and mother of two grown daughters who goes on an extended vacation in Greece. — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 29 Dec. 2021 The experience robbed his son of his innocence and left him with post-traumatic stress disorder – a difficult thing for a grown military veteran to deal with, much less a 10-year-old child, Martínez says. — Theresa Waldrop, CNN, 10 June 2022 See More

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