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full-grown

/ˈfʊlˌɡɹoʊn/

full-grown adjective: fully developed; adult.

Adjective

full-grown (not comparable)

  1. (especially animals) Fully developed; adult.
  2. Fully developed in a broader sense; complete, at one’s height.
    • Near-synonyms: full-fledged, full-blown, full-bore, full-on
    • […] And, doubtless, unto thee is given
      ⁠A life that bears immortal fruit
      ⁠In such great offices as suit
      The full-grown energies of heaven.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXIX”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 61

full-grown meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Sanskrit

full-grown in Tamil

முழுதும் வளர்ந்த, முதிர்ந்த

full-grown in Malayalam

mature, adult, grown-up of age
മൂപ്പെത്തിയ, പ്രായപൂർത്തി വന്ന, പ്രായപൂർത്തിയായ, പരിണത, വിരൂഢ, വളർന്ന

full-grown in Sanskrit

having reached an adult stage - referring to an animal
प्रौढ prauḍha, वृद्ध vṛddha

Synonyms of full-grown

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Origin of full-grown

From Middle English *fulgrowen, fulgrowe, ful growe, equivalent to full + grown. Compare Middle English fulwaxen, fullwaxen (“full-grown”), from Old English fullweaxen (“full-grown”).

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Questions about full-grown

What does full-grown mean?
Full-grown means fully developed; adult.
What is full-grown in Tamil?
Full-grown in Tamil is முழுதும் வளர்ந்த, முதிர்ந்த. See Full-grown meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is full-grown?
Full-grown is an adjective.
How do you pronounce full-grown?
Full-grown is pronounced /ˈfʊlˌɡɹoʊn/ (US).

Words near full-grown in the dictionary

  1. full-fraught
  2. full-frontal
  3. full-frontal nudity
  4. full-frontals
  5. full-grade
  6. full-grown
  7. full-grownness
  8. full-handed
  9. full-handedly
  10. full-handedness
  11. full-hearted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: full-grown (page history and authors); full-grown (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); full-grown (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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