1. Having reached full growth or development; mature
   "a grown woman"; "The full-grown lion dominated the pride";
   - adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grownup

1. Become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain
   "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
    
2. Increase in size by natural process
   "her hair doesn't grow much anymore"; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"
    
3. Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
   "The child grew fast";
   - mature, maturate
    
4. Cause to grow or develop
   "He grows vegetables in his backyard"
    
5. Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
   "She grew angry";
   - turn
    
6. Come into existence; take on form or shape
   "the idea for the book grew out of a short story";
   - originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise [archaic, literary], spring up
    
7. (farming) cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
   "We grow wheat here";
   - raise, farm, produce
    
8. Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
   "He grew a beard";
   - develop, produce, get, acquire
    
9. Grow emotionally or mature
   "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behaviour";
   - develop
    
10. Become attached by or as if by the process of growth
    "The old oak tree has grown into the side of the house"

Sounds like: g

See also: grow up, mature

Type of: become, change, develop, increase

Encyclopedia: Grown