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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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used to describe something that has grown too large: Cottonwood has become an overgrown town with inadequate facilities. disapproving, disapproving. used to describe an adult who behaves like a child: They're acting like overgrown kids. UK Jim is just an overgrown schoolboy.
: 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.
1. adjective. If a garden or other place is overgrown, it is covered with a lot of untidy plants because it has not been looked after. We hurried on until we reached a courtyard overgrown with weeds. [+ with] As the equipment was unpacked, I led Lee around the overgrown garden. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
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.
[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.
Definition of overgrown adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Overgrown definition: grown to excess; grown too large. See examples of OVERGROWN used in a sentence.
