grown en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɡɾon/ (Scotland)
- /ˈɡɹɐʉn/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈɡɹɐʉən/ (New-Zealand) some speakers
- /ɡɾoun/ (Wales) without the toe–tow merger
- /ɡɹoʊn/ (General-American)
- (General-American) audio
- /ɡɹəʊn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English growen. Morphologically grow + -n.
Meanings
-
Covered by growth; overgrown.
What once was a farm was grown with trees.
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(US) Of a person: adult.
grown woman/man/adult
Listen, I'm a grown woman, and I don't have time to deal with your petty teenage drama.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more grown | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most grown | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
grass-grown · milt-grown · Empire-grown · grown-up-ness · enough to make a grown man cry · lung-grown · grown-upness · liver-grown · pregrown · half-grown · ingrown · fully-grown · homegrown · ungrown · high-grown · moss-grown · undergrown · mossgrown · lab-grown · grownish · regrown · weedgrown · intergrown · full-grown · home-grown · grown-up