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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Wade’s grown son took the stage and said that Wade had always put fatherhood before basketball.
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
At the same time, her grown child is not wrong for wanting answers today.
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The couple share two grown children: son Chris and daughter Emily.
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
At the same time, her grown child is not wrong for wanting answers today.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 6 Oct. 2024
Azazel Jacobs’s His Three Daughters begins with a series of dense, almost theatrical monologues, delivered by the three grown children of a dying man.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
The couple share two grown children: son Chris and daughter Emily.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for grown
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“Grown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grown. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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