grown

adjective \ ˈgrōn \

|Updated on: 12 Jun 2018

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Definition of grown

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

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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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There was also a giant Acuba very near this tree, which was totally over grown and poorly placed.

— OregonLive.com, "How to clear soil choked with old roots: Ask an expert," 6 June 2018
The grown muscle is then stimulated with an electric current that forces it to contract.

— sarah gibbens, National Geographic, "New Hybrid Robot Uses Living Muscles to Move," 30 May 2018
Polls in Italy since indicate that the parties’ support has either held steady or grown.

— Washington Post, "Italy in chaos as effort to form Western Europe’s first populist government collapses," 27 May 2018
DC’s three grown kids were coming to town for a week, bringing with them two spouses, an 8-year-old, a 5-year-old, a 2-year-old and a newborn, whose baptism was behind all this.

— marni jameson, OrlandoSentinel.com, "They’re coming! Part 2: Outfitting the outdoor kitchen," 25 May 2018
This permitting system is integral to digital track-and-trace, the centerpiece of California’s cannabis regulation that demands every bit grown and sold in the state is accounted for, from seed to smoke.

— nick stockton, WIRED, "California Rules May Make Weed Shippers Report Themselves to the Feds," 13 May 2018
Will these lab-grown constructs achieve any sort of consciousness deserving of protection?

— diana gitig, Ars Technica, "Human brain cells can make complex structures in a dish—is this a problem?," 28 Apr. 2018
The State Dining Room will feature more than 2,500 stems of white sweet peas and nearly 1,000 stems of white lilac—both California and Dutch grown mixed.

— maria puente, USA TODAY, "First lady Melania Trump aims to stamp her style on first state dinner of Trump White House," 24 Apr. 2018
For example, at funerals among the Ojibwe (a larger tribal distinction that includes the White Earth Nation), ritually grown tobacco would be placed on the ground to offer prayers to the spirit world for the deceased.

— dina fine maron, Scientific American, "The Fight to Keep Tobacco Sacred," 29 Mar. 2018

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1645

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Definition of grown for English Language Learners

: no longer a child

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Definition of grown for Students

: having reached full growth : mature

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