as in lush
covered with a thick healthy natural growth
a field lavishly grown with poppies
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as in produced
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer
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as in progressed
to become mature
you've grown so much since we last saw each other
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as in gotten
to eventually have as a state or quality
he will grow angry if we don't answer his question
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Recent Examples of grown
Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
But education and culture were always important to Hurley, who has a daughter who lives in Orland Park, as well as two grown grandkids.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
But the arc of that story has grown harder to follow.
—Alice Lassman, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
The Father story, for instance, stars longtime Jarmusch favorite Tom Waits as a reclusive dad, living somewhere in the northeast United States, who’s visited by his grown children, played by Adam Driver and Mayim Bialik.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
But education and culture were always important to Hurley, who has a daughter who lives in Orland Park, as well as two grown grandkids.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
Mamdani's lead has grown even as high-profile national Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, have held back endorsements.
—Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
But the arc of that story has grown harder to follow.
—Alice Lassman, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grown
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The fossil was embedded inside rocks that date to between 115 million and 108 million years ago, in the Early Cretaceous period, when the area was covered by a lush river valley.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2025
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Polyanthus primrose produces velvety blooms in rich blue, purple, burgundy, and golden hues above lush green foliage.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
15 Sep. 2025
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The exosomes produced in this process contain no live cells or intact genetic material.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show starring Kendrick Lamar was executive produced by Jay-Z, whose company Roc Nation is behind picking the Super Bowl halftime performer.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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This will be Ecuador’s fifth ever visit to a World Cup finals, and the team has never progressed past the round of 16 before.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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With a strikeout rate down around 5% off his career figure and 10% from last year, Williams just hasn't been the same pitcher, and as the season has progressed, the numbers just keep getting worse.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The next group is carbon-neutral fuels—biofuels and green methanol.—
Michaila Byrne,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Dow ended the day in the green but significantly off session highs, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed the session lower.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Getty Images Rec, a technology company serving the parks and recreation industry, has raised $11 million in a Series A funding round in which several former and current professional athletes participated.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Eco Wave Power logo is displayed on a floater raised out of the water during a demonstration of Eco Wave Power electricity generation technology using the power of ocean waves in the harbor at AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California, on August 26, 2025.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Italian skier Matteo Franzoso has died aged 25 after suffering a head injury during a training session in Chile on Monday.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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The study saw parents use actions to joke and pretend with kids aged 16 to 20 months old.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Bumgarner put barrel to ball and sent it over the left-field fence, becoming the first pitcher to ever homer against Kershaw.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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As the pandemic fundamentally shifted youth political engagement, the show quickly became one of the nation’s most popular political podcasts, reaching 5 million monthly listeners and 750,000 daily downloads by mid-2025.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2025
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This happens when its dense stellar corpse is close enough to its companion star to allow its gravity to begin stripping away the partner's stellar material.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The resulting configuration provides much denser storage than conventional all flash parallel file systems.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Grown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grown. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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