grown

grown

adj \ˈgrōn\

Definition of GROWN

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

1. It's a job that requires a grown man.
2. <a field lavishly grown with poppies>

First Known Use of GROWN

1645

Related to GROWN

Synonyms: green, lush, leafy, luxuriant, overgrown, verdant

Antonyms: barren, leafless

Related Words: fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, productive, prolific, rich; dense, tangled

Near Antonyms: bleak, depleted, impoverished, infertile, poor, stark, unproductive; arid, dead, desert, dry, parched, sere (also sear), waterless

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Other Agriculture/Gardening Terms

fallow, graft, heirloom, loam, potash, soilage, swath, tilth, windfall

Rhymes with GROWN

blown, bone, clone, cone, crone, drone, flown, groan, hone, known, loan, lone, moan, Mon, none, own, phone, pone, prone, Rhône, roan, Saône, scone, sone, stone, throne, tone, zone