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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The home sustained a fire that left a large hole in the roof, and has been completely boarded up with charred marks on the outside in addition to an overgrown backyard.
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The new owner sent a work crew over to clear the overgrown yard and debris from inside the home.
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The weeds around the overgrown tracks were 9 and 7 micros.
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Because of all the rivers and lakes, wide swaths of the Selous are impenetrable — picture green, overgrown, scratchy and thorny bush.
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But these two guys’ new albums are shaggy and strange, evoking disorderly attics or overgrown flower gardens.
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Bolton, a former undersecretary of State and ambassador to the U.N., can evince an avuncular, Muppet-like quality, with his overgrown eyebrows and Yosemite Sam mustache.
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The new owners are also committed to restoring the house's namesake gardens, which became overgrown under the Beales.
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The neglected and overgrown landscaping around the property was either replaced or pruned by Marcello Villain and now provides a spectacular complement to the architecture.
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First Known Use of overgrown
14th century
OVERGROWN Defined for English Language Learners
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
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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