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Grown

adjective

1.

(of animals) fully developed. Synonyms: adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grownup. "A grown woman"

Grow

verb

(past grew; past part. grown ; pres. part. growing)

1.

Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become. Synonym: turn. "She grew angry"

2.

Become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain. "Her business grew fast"

3.

Increase in size by natural process. "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees" , "Her hair doesn't grow much anymore"

4.

Cause to grow or develop.

5.

Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation. Synonyms: maturate, mature. "The child grew fast"

6.

Come into existence; take on form or shape. Synonyms: arise, develop, originate, rise, spring up, uprise. "A love that sprang up from friendship" , "The idea for the book grew out of a short story" , "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

7.

Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques. Synonyms: farm, produce, raise. "They produce good ham in Parma" , "We grow wheat here" , "We raise hogs here"

8.

Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes). Synonyms: acquire, develop, get, produce. "The patient developed abdominal pains" , "I got funny spots all over my body" , "Well-developed breasts"

9.

Grow emotionally or mature. Synonym: develop. "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"

10.

Become attached by or as if by the process of growth.

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... ripen until touched pretty smartly with Jack Frost. This was in September; persimmons were mostly full grown, but not ripe. A large keg of them was ordered from Jersey, and as fast as Adams & Co.'s great Express to San Francisco could take ...

— The Humors of Falconbridge - A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes • Jonathan F. Kelley

... war and has lost many men since. Large numbers of recruits have come in to make good the losses. But the number of new men has never been so great as to destroy the old regiment's power of absorption. Recruits have been digested by the original body. They have grown up in the tradition of the regiment and have been formed by its spirit. The difference between the cavalry troopers and the infantry privates of the army of to-day is difficult to define; but it is very easily felt ...

— A Padre in France • George A. Birmingham

... of civil liberty which afterwards kindled into a flame, and shed its genial and transforming light upon the world. The conversation of matrons in their homes, or among their neighbors, was of the people's wrongs and of the tyranny that oppressed them. Under such early training their sons, when grown to manhood, deeply imbued with proper notions of their just rights, stood up in the hour of trial prepared to defend them to the last. The counsels and the prayers of mothers mingled with their deliberations, and added sanctity to all their patriotic efforts for American ...

— Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical • C. L. Hunter

... It feels like a nice day! The air feels heavy! The wind feels soft! The wind is rough today!" The nerves of the feet contribute their share of helpful knowledge, calling attention to differences in the ground often unnoticed by the eye, telling whether the path is smooth or rough, grass-grown or rock-strewn. The auditory and pedal nerves are mutually helpful, the ear recording and classifying the sounds made by the feet, often guiding them aright by recalling certain peculiarities of sound—whether the ground is hollow, ...

— Five Lectures on Blindness • Kate M. Foley

... and believe that even they, being paid, stole nothing from us. Our friend farms pretty extensively the large island called Sangwisa,—lent him for nothing by Senhor Ferrao,—and raises large quantities of mapira and beans, and also beautiful white rice, grown from seed brought a few years ago from South Carolina. He furnished us with some, which was very acceptable; for though not in absolute want, we were living on beans, salt pork, and fowls, all the biscuit and flour on board having ...

— A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries • David Livingstone

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