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 forlorn structure in Abu Dis lies in ruins, its entrance overgrown with weeds.
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Smaller stone paths, already partly overgrown with grasses, and hunks of granite give today’s children something to explore.
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Not a trace of the old rowhouse, just a scratch of overgrown lot.
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Keeping a steady supply of wood chews and Timothy Hay helps the teeth stay at a healthy length, without becoming overgrown.
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According to resident Bill Wetterau, the site sat idle and overgrown for five years after the project foreclosed.
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By late summer the garden was an overgrown mess of vegetables and weeds, almost impossible to tell the two apart.
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The space, unused and overgrown for decades, now serves the neighborhood as a much-needed, serene green space and gathering place just steps from the bustle of Broad Street.
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The geometry of the formal gardens remains, although rills that once flowed from the mouths of lion medallions are dry and partially overgrown.
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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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