1. grown up - Noun
2. grown up - Adjective
3. grown up - Verb
grown up
past participle of grow up
grown up (comparative more grown up, superlative most grown up)
Alternative form of grown-up
Adult, physically mature.
Of, pertaining to, or suitable for adults.
Having a mature outlook.
grown-up (plural grown-ups)
(often childish) An adult.
grown-up
We've had bad luck with children they've all grown up. Christopher Morley
One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up. George Orwell
English is an outrageous tangle of those derivations and other multifarious linguistic influences, from Yiddish to Shoshone, which has grown up around a gnarly core of chewy, clangorous yawps derived from ancestors who painted themselves blue to frighten their enemies. Roy Blount
He who is grown up should respect and love others. African Proverb
He who has a son grown up should not call another a thief. Spanish Proverb
A fully grown up tree cannot be bent into a walking stick. African Proverb