51Թ

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grown

[ grohn ]

adjective

  1. advanced in growth:

    a grown boy.

  2. arrived at full growth or maturity; adult:

    a grown man.



verb

  1. past participle of grow.

grown

/ ɡəʊ /

adjective

    1. developed or advanced

      fully grown

    2. ( in combination )

      half-grown

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 󲹱-Ƿɲ adjective
  • ܲ·Ƿɲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of grown1

First recorded in 1325–75, for the adjective
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The former England international goalkeeper should have kept out Levitt's opener, the latest in a line of mistakes that has grown worrying long.

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I’d grown up with Hellmann’s, but this was the first time I tasted what mayonnaise could be: rich, fatty, thick and creamy.

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Her own children had grown up, and she had more time to spend with her husband Tim at their home in Leicester.

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Audiences are constantly looking to see the wealthy get their butts handed to them, and the fervency of that desire has only grown as the disparity between economic classes has widened.

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"I loved how a lot of rhythms, scales, melodies and instruments were different but similar to the Irish trad music I had grown up with."

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