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grown.

Covered by growth; overgrown.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɡɹəʊn/Received-Pronunciation/ɡɹoʊn/General-American/ˈɡɹɐʉn/New-Zealand/ˈɡɹɐʉən/New-Zealand
  1. Covered by growth; overgrown.

    What once was a farm was grown with trees.
  2. Of a person: adult.

    US
    grown woman/man/adult
    Listen, I'm a grown woman, and I don't have time to deal with your petty teenage drama.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English growen. Morphologically grow + -n.

verb/ɡɹəʊn/Received-Pronunciation/ɡɹoʊn/General-American/ˈɡɹɐʉn/New-Zealand/ˈɡɹɐʉən/New-Zealand
  1. past participle of grow

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

From Middle English growen. Morphologically grow + -n.

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