GROWN
What does "GROWN" mean?
Fully developed or mature; also the past participle of the verb 'grow'.
Meanings
- Having reached full size or maturity. She has two grown children who live abroad.
- Past participle of 'grow'; having increased or developed. The crowd had grown by the time the band came on.
Word origin
Past participle of 'grow', from Old English 'growan' meaning to flourish or increase, from a Proto-Germanic root tied to greenness and vegetation.
Remember it
GROWN is GROW that has finished the job - it just kept the N for the ending.
A little poem
You measured the doorframe in pencil each year,
then one day the marks stopped - the child wasn't here.
couplet
Wordplay
- I told my plant it had really grown. It just stood there, rooted in the compliment.
What it teaches
Grown is not a finish line but a tense: something happened, and you are not who you were.
Quick facts
What does GROWN mean?
Fully developed or mature; also the past participle of the verb 'grow'.
Is GROWN a valid word?
Yes — GROWN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GROWN?
GROWN has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does GROWN come from?
Past participle of 'grow', from Old English 'growan' meaning to flourish or increase, from a Proto-Germanic root tied to greenness and vegetation.
What can GROWN teach us?
Grown is not a finish line but a tense: something happened, and you are not who you were.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.