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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Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
In Arthur Penn’s 1975 neo-noir Night Moves, Griffith is Delly Grastner, a 16-year-old runaway with a little girl’s voice and a grown woman’s body—on full display in an underwater nude scene—intent on seducing Gene Hackman, 43 and paunchy.
—Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
Enin, who worked as a security guard and had two grown daughters, had lived in his building for more than a decade, according to Reyes.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
Kimmel, 60, is married and the mother of two grown children.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
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Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
In Arthur Penn’s 1975 neo-noir Night Moves, Griffith is Delly Grastner, a 16-year-old runaway with a little girl’s voice and a grown woman’s body—on full display in an underwater nude scene—intent on seducing Gene Hackman, 43 and paunchy.
—Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
Enin, who worked as a security guard and had two grown daughters, had lived in his building for more than a decade, according to Reyes.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
Kimmel, 60, is married and the mother of two grown children.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
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“Grown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grown. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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