grown

Definition

  • adjective: no longer a child
  • adjective: fully grown
  • past participle of 'grow'
  • used in combination
  • synonyms: adult, assembled, big

Examples

  • She has two 'grown' children [=two children who are now adults] from a previous marriage.

  • It's wonderful to see how she has 'grown' as a person since going to college.

  • His small company has 'grown into' a huge international corporation.

Movie quotes

  • (..) You've kept him alive, so he can die at the proper moment? You've been raising him like a pig for slaughter. Don't tell me now, that you've grown to care for the boy. Lily! After all this time? Always. So, when the time comes... ... the boy must die? (..)
    2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2