Definition of overgrown
:grown abnormally or excessively large
- dismissed him as an overgrown adolescent
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Examples of overgrown in a Sentence
The garden is overgrown with weeds.
He acts like an overgrown child.
Recent Examples of overgrown from the Web
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Since then, apartments and other buildings were cleared, but progress on the site slowed in recent months and the property has become overgrown.
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This can be especially helpful for fly-fishing, as steep, overgrown banks are no fun for back casting.
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Adults and children assembled on a sunny afternoon to cut grass, rake leaves and transform an overgrown vacant lot, situated not far from an open-air drug market.
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The windows are boarded up and the weeds are overgrown, but the memories remain strong.
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The lawn that Helen kept neat and trimmed is now overgrown.
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Sometimes dismissed as the Nerd Prom or the Geek Super Bowl, the 48th annual Con — the official name is Comic-Con International: San Diego — is more than a sleep-away summer camp for overgrown adolescents.
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Since Schlesinger shuttered the struggling course, a chain-link fence has been erected around the overgrown fairways, the old clubhouse has deteriorated and the property has fallen into disrepair.
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The disc golf course has become overgrown, has little signage and is unplayable, according to a review of the course by a local group.
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First Known Use of overgrown
14th century
overgrown Synonyms
Synonyms
green, grown, leafy, luxuriant, lush, verdantAntonyms
barren, leaflessRelated Words
fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, productive, prolific, rich; dense, tangledNear Antonyms
bleak, depleted, impoverished, infertile, poor, stark, unproductive; arid, dead, desert, dry, parched, sere (also sear), waterlessOVERGROWN Defined for English Language Learners
overgrown
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adjective
Definition of overgrown for English Language Learners
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: covered with plants that have grown in an uncontrolled way
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: grown to a size that is unusually or too large
OVERGROWN Defined for Kids
overgrown
adjective
over·grown
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Definition of overgrown for Students
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:grown too big
- overgrown boys
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:covered with plants that have grown in an uncontrolled way
- an overgrown path
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