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Added 1 October 2026

grown

/ɡɹəʊn/ verb

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past participle of grow

adjective

Covered by growth; overgrown.
What once was a farm was grown with trees.
Of a person: adult.
grown woman/man/adult

Origin

From Middle English growen. Morphologically grow + -n.

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