grown
(of animals) fully developed
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,269 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,471 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- (of animals) fully developed also: adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grownup an adult animala grown woman
grown in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Steadily during his lifetime it had grown more gloomy, less habitable.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Of late she had grown unable to look the young man in the face.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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He recognised the magician immediately, but the old man did not know him, he had grown so thin.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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Every once in a while he would hear the roaring of the waterfall, which seemed to have grown louder.
The Firelight Fairy Book · Henry Beston · Chapter 1
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The rich would have spoken on the value of thrift, and the idle grown eloquent over the dignity of labour.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1