adj
Meaning 1
Covered by growth; overgrown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- What once was a farm was grown with trees.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
grown
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɹəʊn/
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General-American: /ɡɹoʊn/
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General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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New-Zealand: /ˈɡɹɐʉn/
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New-Zealand: /ˈɡɹɐʉən/ some speakers
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Scotland: /ɡɾon/
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Wales: /ɡɾoun/ without the toe–tow merger
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rhymes with -əʊn
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rhymes with (New Zealand, some speakers) -əʊən
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homophone: groan (toe–tow merger) (except some NZ speakers)
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CMU ARPABET: G R OW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of a person: adult.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Examples
- grown woman/man/adult
- Listen, I'm a grown woman, and I don't have time to deal with your petty teenage drama.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
past participle of grow
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
(of animals) fully developed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an adult animal
- a grown woman
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grownup
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English growen. Morphologically grow + -n.
Real reading context