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# grown

«grown» in Mova's school dictionary: **The form of "grow" used after have/has/had or in the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (past participle of grow: grow, grows, grew, grown, growing); adjective (grown — adult, fully developed)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The form of "grow" used after have/has/had or in the passive: "She has grown taller." "Rice is grown in China." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#m1)

2) As an adjective, adult: "a grown man", "grown-ups". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science: plants have grown from seeds; animals grow to become grown adults. In everyday life, "grown-up" means an adult who can help. Phrases: grown-up, fully grown, home-grown, has grown, overgrown.

### examples

- The puppy has grown so big. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#x1)
- These tomatoes were grown in our garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#x2)
- Ask a grown-up for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#x3)
- A fully grown elephant is very heavy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#x4)
- You've grown two centimetres since last year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#x5)
- The garden was overgrown with weeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#x6)
- Wheat is grown on big farms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#x7)
- A Lion had grown very old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#x8)

### note

"Grow, grew, grown" — do not say "growed". "Grown" needs a helper: "has grown", "was grown". In maths problems "has grown by 5 cm" means add 5 cm to the old height.

### In the corpora

- [Employers often glance at a CV for less than a minute, so grown-ups fuss over every word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/7/)
- [It means grown-ups are steering the money so it lasts the whole month.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/7/)
- [Most grown-ups keep their money in a bank account, and most of it is never seen as notes and coins.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/0/)
- [A bank statement lists everything that went in and out of an account, and grown-ups check it for mistakes and fraud.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/16/)
- [Sorting it is the grown-ups' job, not the child's, and asking for help early is the sensible move.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grown» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.