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   overgrown

   /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"
   • ▪ used to describe an adult behaving in a childish manner: derogatory "a pair of overgrown schoolboys"

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   What does overgrow mean?

   • , o·ver·grew, o·ver·grown, o·ver·grow·ing. to grow over; cover with a growth of something. to grow beyond, grow too large for, or outgrow. to outdo in growing; choke or supplant by a more exuberant growth. , o·ver·grew, o·ver·grown, o·ver·grow·ing. When the vegetable overgrows, it tends to be woody. An untended garden will quickly overgrow.

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   What is an example of overgrown in a sentence?

   • Examples of overgrown in a Sentence: H.L. Mencken: A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child. Karen Pride: The removal of overgrown areas also reduces the habitat of wildlife such as birds that can be hazardous to flight activity at and around O'Hare.

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   What does it mean if a garden is overgrown?

   • If a garden or other place is overgrown, it is covered with a lot of untidy plants because it has not been looked after. As the equipment was unpacked, I led Lee around the overgrown garden. If you describe an adult as an overgrown child, you mean that their behaviour and attitudes are like those of a child, and that you dislike this.

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   What does grow over mean?

   • 1. To grow over with herbage or foliage. 2. To grow beyond or too large for. 1. To grow beyond normal or usual size. 2. To become grown over, as with unwanted vegetation or weeds. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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     OVERGROWN meaning: 1. covered with plants that are growing...

   • Znaczenie Overgrown, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     overgrown definicja: 1. covered with plants that are growing...

   • Overgrown: German Translation

     OVERGROWN translate: überwachsen, übergroß. Learn more in...

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   Learn the meaning of overgrown as an adjective, with synonyms, example sentences, and word history. Overgrown means grown abnormally or excessively large, such as weeds, adolescents, or cities.

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   (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)

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   Overgrown means covered with weeds or unwanted plants, or grown too large for something. See synonyms, antonyms, translations and usage examples from various sources.

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   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.