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

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,l'll do the countercurse! Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Besides, if anyone cared to notice... Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,...my eyebrows have\Ncompletely grown back! Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,l found him! (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,...l just hope you realize\Nhow fortunate you are. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Not many first-year students\Ncould take on a full grown mountain troll... Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,...and live to tell the tale. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone