Synonyms for half-grown

Grammar : Adj

Spell : grohn

Phonetic Transcription : groʊn

Top 10 synonyms for half-grown

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Définition of half-grown

Origin : late 14c., past participle adjective from grow (v.).

As in young : adj immature
As in immature : adj young, inexperienced

Example sentences :

Who cared what three half-grown boys did, while the elders were busy with their Mysteries.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

This one he's givin' me ain't a whole dog, you see; just a half-grown pup.
Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln

It looked like a half-grown bedstead, the colour very pretty.
Extract from : « From Edinburgh to India & Burmah » by William G. Burn Murdoch

Such things cannot be told to a child, nor to a half-grown girl.
Extract from : « Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands » by Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson

In all there were some thirty or forty men, with a proportion of half-grown boys.
Extract from : « The Quadroon » by Mayne Reid

It is only in the case of young or half-grown specimens where a mistake of this kind is likely to be made.
Extract from : « Bruin » by Mayne Reid

A half-grown cub rushed in and knocked over Japhet and Higgs.
Extract from : « Queen Sheba's Ring » by H. Rider Haggard

A rhino cow and half-grown calf were discovered on a distant hillside.
Extract from : « In Africa » by John T. McCutcheon

This was a male, about half-grown, being scarcely three feet high.
Extract from : « The Malay Archipelago » by Alfred Russell Wallace

Glen came from the country, a half-grown puppy, to live in Oakland.
Extract from : « Revolution and Other Essays » by Jack London

Antonyms for half-grown

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