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 →

2) As an adjective, adult: "a grown man", "grown-ups". tree →

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 →
• These tomatoes were grown in our garden. tree →
• Ask a grown-up for help. tree →
• A fully grown elephant is very heavy. tree →
• You've grown two centimetres since last year. tree →
• The garden was overgrown with weeds. tree →
• Wheat is grown on big farms. tree →
• A Lion had grown very old. tree →

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.
• It means grown-ups are steering the money so it lasts the whole month.
• Most grown-ups keep their money in a bank account, and most of it is never seen as notes and coins.
• A bank statement lists everything that went in and out of an account, and grown-ups check it for mistakes and fraud.
• Sorting it is the grown-ups' job, not the child's, and asking for help early is the sensible move.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «grown» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.