as in lush
covered with a thick, healthy natural growth
the trail has become so overgrown that it is nearly impassable in spots
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Recent Examples of overgrown
In the summer, Lodi, which feels more like an overgrown town, is also uniquely positioned in the path of cooling airflow from the San Francisco Bay and therefore benefits from a larger day-to-night temperature swing than other parts of the Central Valley.
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Ligaya Malones, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2026
Hunt, Avantika, and Angus are especially good as overgrown kids trying, to varying extents, to hide their softness beneath ambition.
—Judy Berman, Time, 1 June 2026
Common issues include overgrown plants, lawns with poor drainage, and aging deck support structures.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 31 May 2026
Assess your lawn and flowerbeds and pull weeds, prune any overgrown bushes and mow the lawn.
—Angie Hicks, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026
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Ligaya Malones, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2026
Hunt, Avantika, and Angus are especially good as overgrown kids trying, to varying extents, to hide their softness beneath ambition.
—Judy Berman, Time, 1 June 2026
Common issues include overgrown plants, lawns with poor drainage, and aging deck support structures.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 31 May 2026
Assess your lawn and flowerbeds and pull weeds, prune any overgrown bushes and mow the lawn.
—Angie Hicks, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for overgrown
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overgrown
Adjective
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The dining room feels more summery—its wall of glass doors open directly onto the lush green courtyard.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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At the sentence level, its craftsmanship sings; her prose is as lush and imbued with the miraculous as it is lived-in and inviting.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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More grown men shedding tears, that’s for sure.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
2 June 2026
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My grown kids still act like kids — selfish and insensitive.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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CoCo Rum, the pool bar, is where most guests congregate, either on the XL green and teal striped daybeds or on one of the high-back armchairs that line the bar behind.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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That famous summer, at the fireworks in Versailles, every streaking green flame shook a sheet of light across the crowd sitting on blankets on the lawns.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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Set in a quiet residential neighborhood, this intimate beachfront property (whose name mixes the owners’ first initials with the Dutch word for oasis) uses dense, vibrant landscaping and shutters and stone walls between guest rooms to create a cocooning feeling of privacy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The installation, Unheimlich Manöver, 2007, consists of the entire contents of Liden’s former three-hundred-square-foot apartment in Stockholm, organized into a dense rectilinear mass as if placed in storage.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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Once its blooming season wraps up in spring, its leafy shrub remains.—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
6 June 2026
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Make tuna cakes and serve with bread and leafy greens.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
5 June 2026
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“Overgrown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrown. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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