overgrown
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3.4
- adjective
- /ˌoʊvərˈɡroʊn/
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- They decided to clear the overgrown bushes in their backyard to create more space for a patio.
- overgrown with grass
- overgrown with weeds
- overgrown with vines
But we would stack wood and, you know, clear out parts of, of the overgrown areas and blaze trails and all that.
- But we would stack wood and, you know, clear out parts of, of the overgrown areas and blaze trails and all that.
Examples
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The next day, the river emerged into a wide valley overgrown with tall yellow grass.
Fiction book (1993) -
"The pine trees were so overgrown I could barely see the house."
Fiction book (1994) -
So it went, with the trail becoming more and more overgrown, more and more difficult as they traveled.
Fiction book (1992) -
The grass in the overgrown section of the garden is tall, almost up to his knees.
Fiction book (1995) -
But there was nothing there: a few rickety wooden houses, some overgrown vacant lots, and another liquor store.
Academic text (2004) -
On the other side of the stone wall, the hill overgrown with fern slopes downward.
Fiction book (1991) -
"No one had mowed the area in a long time, and it was overgrown with grass, weeds, and shrubs."
Fiction book (1992) -
The garden was completely overgrown with weeds and wildflowers, making it hard to see the path.
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After years of neglect, the once beautiful park became overgrown with untamed vegetation.
Synonyms
4
3.0
Full of wild plants that people do not want
3
6.4
Growing quickly and hard to control, often about plants or weeds
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4.8
Overgrown with weeds that make it hard to walk
Covered with thick plants and small trees like a wild forest
Covered with thick bushes or small trees
Antonyms
How Overgrown
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overgrown is made from the parts over ('too much' or 'above') and grown, from grow ('to get bigger'). So overgrown literally means 'grown too much', which is why an overgrown garden or path is full of plants and hard to pass through.