A grown man or woman is one who is fully developed and mature, both physically and mentally.
I've never seen a group of grown men laugh so much.
Dad, I'm a grown woman. I know what I'm doing.
Synonyms: mature, adult, grown-up, fully-grown More Synonyms of grown
2. See also full-grown
grown in British English
(ɡrəʊn)
adjective
a.
developed or advanced
fully grown
b.
(in combination)
half-grown
grown in American English
(groʊn)
verb intransitive, verb transitive
1. pp. of
grow
adjective
2.
having completed its growth; fully developed; mature
3.
covered with a specified growth
4.
cultivated as specified
home-grown
Examples of 'grown' in a sentence
grown
Grown men cry and suddenly look vulnerable.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Grown men and women had to hold onto railings, other humans and their car doors to stop themselves from fainting.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In other languages
grown
British English: grown ADJECTIVE
A grown man or woman is one who is fully developed and mature, both physically and mentally.
Few women can understand a grown man's love of sport.
American English: grown
Brazilian Portuguese: crescido
Chinese: 成年的
European Spanish: hecho y derecho
French: adulte
German: erwachsen
Italian: adulto
Japanese: 成人の
Korean: 성숙한
European Portuguese: crescido
Latin American Spanish: hecho y derecho
All related terms of 'grown'
grow
When people, animals, and plants grow , they increase in size and change physically over a period of time.
grown-up
A grown-up is an adult; used by or to children .
field grown
(of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
full-grown
An animal or plant that is full-grown has reached its full adult size and stopped growing.
half-grown
not yet fully grown
home-grown
Home-grown fruit and vegetables have been grown in your garden, rather than on a farm , or in your country rather than abroad .
moss-grown
covered with moss
grown-up kids
Young people who are no longer children are sometimes referred to as kids .
grow on
If someone or something grows on you, you start to like them more and more.
grow up
When someone grows up , they gradually change from being a child into being an adult.
home-grown produce
Produce is food or other things that are grown in large quantities to be sold.
grow into
When a child grows into an item of clothing , they become taller or bigger so that it fits them properly.
grow out
If you grow out a hairstyle or let it grow out , you let your hair grow so that the style changes or so that you can cut off the part that you do not want .
homegrown
grown at home or for local consumption
grow apart
If people who have a close relationship grow apart , they gradually start to have different interests and opinions from each other, and their relationship starts to fail .
grow out of
If you grow out of a type of behaviour or an interest , you stop behaving in that way or having that interest, as you develop or change.
grow away from
If you grow away from someone, you gradually have fewer interests and opinions in common with them.
grow the beard
(of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
Chinese translation of 'grown'
grown
(ɡrəun)
pp
ofgrow
adj
[man, woman]成年的 (chéngnián de)
Seegrew
All related terms of 'grown'
grow
( plant, tree ) 生长(長) shēngzhǎng ⇒ the oak tree growing at the end of the lane → 长在小巷尽头的橡树 zhǎng zài xiǎoxiàng jìntóu de xiàngshù ( person, animal ) 长(長)大 zhǎngdà ⇒ He's grown a lot since I last saw him. → 自从我上次见他，他长大了许多。 Zìcóng wǒ shàngcì jiàn tā, tā zhǎngdàle xǔduō. ( hair, nails ) 留 liú
grown-up
( adult ) 成年人 chéngniánrén [ 个(個) gè ]
grow on
▶ to grow on sb 越来(來)越为(為)某人喜欢(歡) yuèláiyuè wéi mǒurén xǐhuan ⇒ That painting is growing on me. → 我越来越喜欢那幅画。 Wǒ yuèláiyuè xǐhuan nà fú huà.
grow up
( be brought up ) 长(長)大 zhǎngdà ⇒ She grew up in Japan. → 她在日本长大。 Tā zài Rìběn zhǎngdà.
grow apart
变(變)得有隔阂(閡) biàn de yǒu géhé
grow into
( become ) 变(變)成 biànchéng
grow out of
( clothes ) 长(長)得穿不下 zhǎng de chuān bù xià
(adjective)
Definition
developed or advanced
I'm a grown woman, I can make my own decisions.
Synonyms
mature
Here is the voice of a mature man, expressing sorrow for a lost ideal.
adult
a pair of adult birds
grown-up
Her grown-up children are all doing well in their chosen careers.
fully-grown
Additional synonyms
in the sense of adult
Definition
having reached maturity
a pair of adult birds
Synonyms
fully grown,
mature,
grown-up,
of age,
ripe,
fully fledged,
fully developed,
full grown
in the sense of grown-up
Definition
of or suitable for an adult
Her grown-up children are all doing well in their chosen careers.