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grown

  • /ɡɹəʊn/ UK
  • /ɡɹoʊn/ US
  • /ˈɡɹɐʉn/ New Zealand
  • /ˈɡɹɐʉən/ New Zealand
  • /ɡɾon/ Scotland
  • /ɡɾoun/ Wales

Sounds like groan (toe–tow merger) (except some NZ speakers) · Rhymes with -əʊn, (New Zealand, some speakers) -əʊən

Where it comes from

From Middle English growen.

Morphologically grow + -n.

verb

  1. participle, past past participle of grow

adjective more grown · most grown

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

Similar: grown up, mature

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