grown

From Middle English growen.

Morphologically grow +‎ -n.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɹəʊn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɹoʊn/

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  • (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɐʉn/, (some speakers) /ˈɡɹɐʉən/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ɡɾon/
• (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA^(key): /ɡɾoun/
• Rhymes: -əʊn, (New Zealand, some speakers) -əʊən
• Homophone: groan (toe–tow merger) (except some NZ speakers)

grown

1. past participle of grow

grown (comparative more grown, superlative 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

   Listen, I'm a grown woman, and I don't have time to deal with your petty teenage drama.

• (adult): grown-ass, grown up, mature; see also Thesaurus:full-grown

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