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- Dictionaryovergrown/ˌəʊvəˈɡrəʊn/
adjective
- 1. covered with plants that have been allowed to grow wild: "the garden was overgrown and deserted"
- 2. grown too large or beyond its normal size: "the town is only an overgrown village"
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OVERGROWN definition: 1. covered with plants that are growing thickly and in an uncontrolled way: 2. used to describe…. Learn more.
: grown abnormally or excessively large. dismissed him as an overgrown adolescent. Synonyms. green. grown. leafy. lush. luxuriant. verdant. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of overgrown in a Sentence. The garden is overgrown with weeds. He acts like an overgrown child.
(ˌəʊvəˈɡrəʊn ) adjective. 1. covered in weeds and unwanted plants. I led Lee around the overgrown garden. We hurried on until we reached a courtyard that was overgrown with weeds. 2. See an overgrown child. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. COBUILD frequency band. overgrown in American English. (ˌoʊvərˈgroʊn)
OVERGROWN meaning: 1. covered with plants that are growing thickly and in an uncontrolled way: 2. used to describe…. Learn more.
Definition of overgrown adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
[ˌəʊvəˈgrəʊn] ADJ. 1. [ garden] → descuidado, cubierto de malas hierbas. overgrown with → cubierto or revestido de. the path is quite overgrown now → la senda está ya casi cubierta de vegetación. 2. [ child, adolescent] → demasiado grande para su edad.
abounding in usually unwanted vegetation. synonyms: wooded. covered with growing trees and bushes etc. adjective. covered with growing plants. synonyms: covered. overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form.
