grown

CEFRA1

/ɡɹəʊn/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Fully developed or adult.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Covered by growth; overgrown.

Examples

  • I have grown quite fond of her.

  • Now that you are grown up, you must not behave like a child.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
2
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ɡɹoʊn/
  • /ɡɾon/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Of a person: adult.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. past participle of grow

More examples

In context

  • Now that you're grown up, you must not behave like that.

  • Listen, I'm a grown woman, and I don't have time to deal with your petty teenage drama.

  • What once was a farm was grown with trees.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English growen. Morphologically grow + -n.