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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

  1. Covered by growth; overgrown.
    • What once was a farm was grown with trees.
  2. (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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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

Synonyms

grown up · grown-ass (adult) · mature

grown en · VERB

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

  1. (form-of, participle, past) past participle of grow
    form of grow