[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/grown/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) / grown # grown verb (past participle of grow: grow, grows, grew, grown, growing); adjective (grown — adult, fully developed) «grown» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#m1) 2. As an adjective, adult: "a grown man", "grown-ups". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#m2) ### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#x1) - These tomatoes were grown in our garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#x2) - Ask a grown-up for help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#x3) - A fully grown elephant is very heavy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#x4) - You've grown two centimetres since last year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#x5) - The garden was overgrown with weeds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#x6) - Wheat is grown on big farms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/#x7) - A Lion had grown very old. [tree →](https://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 Jewish tradition 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 - But if the scall stay in its appearance, and black hair be grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. (Torah LEV.13.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grown/#x1) - And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren. (Torah EXO.2.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grown/#x2) - Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law: 'Remain a widow in thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown up'; for he said: 'Lest he also die, like his brethren.' And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. (Torah GEN.38.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grown/#x3) - And the king said: 'Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.' (Prophets 2SA.10.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grown/#x4) - And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. (Prophets 2KI.4.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grown/#x5) - We whose sons are as plants grown up in their youth; whose daughters are as corner-pillars carved after the fashion of a palace; (Writings PSA.144.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grown/#x6) ### 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. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «grown» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grown/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«grown» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/grown.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «grown» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grown/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«grown» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/grown.html) on Mova free.