1
: fully grown : mature
grown men and women
2
: covered or surrounded with vegetation
land well grown with trees
3
a
: cultivated or produced in a specified way or locality
—used in combination
shade-grown tobacco
b
: overgrown with
—used in combination
a weed-grown patio
Examples of grown in a Sentence
It's a job that requires a grown man.
a field lavishly grown with poppies
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The menu, too, is very grown up—fundamentally Italian, as much of the cooking in the Tarlow universe is, and built around a live-fire oven that crackles in the open kitchen, which fills the front section of one of the restaurant’s two rooms.
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Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan, Modern Family followed the extended Dunphy family, including patriarch Jay Pritchett (Ed O’Neill), his two grown kids Claire and Mitchell (Ferguson), as well as their spouses and kids.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 Dec. 2024
The intrigue: Because most chestnuts are imported, domestically grown chestnuts are profitable to produce and sell today.
—Richard Collings, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
Morrison also starred as Jango Fett’s grown son, Boba Fett, in the Star Wars Disney+ streaming series The Mandalorian and its spinoff series The Book of Boba Fett.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan, Modern Family followed the extended Dunphy family, including patriarch Jay Pritchett (Ed O’Neill), his two grown kids Claire and Mitchell (Ferguson), as well as their spouses and kids.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 Dec. 2024
The intrigue: Because most chestnuts are imported, domestically grown chestnuts are profitable to produce and sell today.
—Richard Collings, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
Morrison also starred as Jango Fett’s grown son, Boba Fett, in the Star Wars Disney+ streaming series The Mandalorian and its spinoff series The Book of Boba Fett.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Grown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grown. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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