GROWN

adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup

(adjective) (of animals) fully developed; “an adult animal”; “a grown woman”

GROW

grow, develop, produce, get, acquire

(verb) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); “He grew a beard”; “The patient developed abdominal pains”; “I got funny spots all over my body”; “Well-developed breasts”

turn, grow

(verb) pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; “The weather turned nasty”; “She grew angry”

grow

(verb) become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; “The problem grew too large for me”; “Her business grew fast”

grow

(verb) increase in size by natural process; “Corn doesn’t grow here”; “In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees”; “her hair doesn’t grow much anymore”

grow

(verb) cause to grow or develop; “He grows vegetables in his backyard”

mature, maturate, grow

(verb) develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; “He matured fast”; “The child grew fast”

grow, raise, farm, produce

(verb) cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; “The Bordeaux region produces great red wines”; “They produce good ham in Parma”; “We grow wheat here”; “We raise hogs here”

originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow

(verb) come into existence; take on form or shape; “A new religious movement originated in that country”; “a love that sprang up from friendship”; “the idea for the book grew out of a short story”; “An interesting phenomenon uprose”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

grown

past participle of grow

Adjective

grown (comparative more grown, superlative most grown)

Covered by growth; overgrown.

(US) Of a person: adult.

Synonyms

• (adult): grown-ass, grown up, mature; see also full-grown

Anagrams

• wrong

Source: Wiktionary

Grown,

Definition: p. p. of Grow.

GROW

Grow, v. i. [imp. Grew; p. p. Grown (; p. pr. & vb. n. Growing.] Etym: [AS. grawan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. groa, Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf. Green, Grass.]

1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs.

2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue. Winter began to grow fast on. Knolles. Even just the sum that I do owe to you Is growing to me by Antipholus. Shak.

3. To spring up and come to matturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries. Where law faileth, error groweth. Gower.

4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale. For his mind Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary. Byron.

5. To become attached of fixed; to adhere. Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow. Shak. Growing cell, or Growing slide, a device for preserving alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a manner to permit its growth to be watched under the microscope.

– Grown over, covered with a growth.

– To grow out of, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or as a branch from the main stem; to result from. These wars have grown out of commercial considerations. A. Hamilton.

– To grow up, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as, grown up children.

– To grow together, to close and adhere; to become united by growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed. Howells.

Syn.

– To become; increase; enlarge; augment; improve; expand; extend.

Grow, v. t.

Definition: To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco. Macaulay.

Syn.

– To raise; to cultivate. See Raise, v. t., 3.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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