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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Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 22 July 2025
Choosing the right person to help with data privacy for older adults
That person could be a grown child, a niece or nephew, a sibling, or even a longtime friend.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
Backstage, Jelly Roll told an apologetic Randy Orton that Jelly Roll was a grown man.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
Heinz uses only domestically grown tomatoes for its ketchup products sold in the United States.
—Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 13 July 2025
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“Grown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grown. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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