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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 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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The video, posted to the zoo’s YouTube page on Tuesday, shows the gorilla splashing, thrashing and spinning like a top in plastic pool in a manner that brings to mind an overgrown toddler.
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Edelman first bleached model Elizabeth Shin’s hair — which was blonde with dark, overgrown roots — using Pravana’s Pure Light Power Lightener to create a light, uniform canvas for the color.
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Now only the overgrown ruin of a swimming pool and a hut covered with graffiti remain.
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In Arnold, (elevation 3,999) the overgrown Meadowmont Golf Course runs parallel to Highway 4.
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This would be helpful, because the monument is somewhat overgrown by trees.
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Fire officials said Friday that one concern is Los Griegos Mountain, an area that has not seen any fire or fuel treatments and is overgrown.
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First Known Use of overgrown
14th century
OVERGROWN Defined for English Language Learners
overgrown
playDefinition 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
1 : grown too big overgrown boys
2 : covered with plants that have grown in an uncontrolled way an overgrown path
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