homegrown en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz Proto-West Germanic *haim Old English hām Middle English hōm English home English grown English homegrown From home + grown.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of produce) Raised or cultivated at home, on one's own land, or in one's own country; domestic; indigenous.
Each spring they planted a garden and each summer they enjoyed homegrown vegetables.
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(broadly, not-comparable) Produced or coming from one's own country or a particular place; local; native; self-produced.
As historian Paul Hanebrink writes, the far-right in Europe could not accept that the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution represented genuine homegrown support for leftist politics, so communism had to be explained as part of "a Jewish plot to overthrow civilization and impose foreign rule on the nations of Europe."
2020 February 5, Joel Swanson, “Are anti-Semitism fears stopping Jewish Dems from supporting Bernie Sanders?”, in The Forward:One had never stepped in a rowing boat until 2008, the other will return to serve in the Royal Artillery in September. But Glover and Stanning will now go down in the record books as the first homegrown gold medallists of the London 2012 Olympics.
2012 August 1, Owen Gibson, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal, Guardian Unlimited:The young politician is a homegrown talent we are all proud of here.
Forms
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Translations (19)
sv hemmasnickrad (Created or constructed in an informal or amateur manner; done without formal assistance, as from a business, organization, or professional) · pl domorosły (Created or constructed in an informal or amateur manner; done without formal assistance, as from a business, organization, or professional) · pl samorodny (Created or constructed in an informal or amateur manner; done without formal assistance, as from a business, organization, or professional) · it fatto in casa (Grown at home) · et kodumaine (Grown at home) · sv hemodlad (Grown at home) · es de cosecha propia (Grown at home) · es casero (Grown at home) · ru дома́шний (Grown at home) · nl huisgemaakt (Created or constructed in an informal or amateur manner; done without formal assistance, as from a business, organization, or professional) · ru доморо́щенный (Created or constructed in an informal or amateur manner; done without formal assistance, as from a business, organization, or professional) · fr fait maison (Grown at home) · nl zelfgemaakt (Created or constructed in an informal or amateur manner; done without formal assistance, as from a business, organization, or professional) · et omakasvatatud (Grown at home) · cmn 自家种植的 (Grown at home) · pl wyhodowany w domu (Grown at home) · it nostrano (Grown at home) · sv egentillverkad (Created or constructed in an informal or amateur manner; done without formal assistance, as from a business, organization, or professional) · de selbstgezogen (Grown at home)