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overgrown

adjective

over·​grown ˌō-vər-ˈgrōn How to pronounce overgrown (audio)
: grown abnormally or excessively large
dismissed him as an overgrown adolescent

Example Sentences

The garden is overgrown with weeds. He acts like an overgrown child.
Recent Examples on the Web As with any horror film, Cady weasels his way into every facet of Bowdens' life like an overgrown shadow that blankets his family and profession in inescapable confinement of murder and mischief. Lea Anderson, Men's Health, 29 Aug. 2022 One Russian rocket with cluster bomblets slammed into a wall behind the building, and another somewhere in the overgrown area behind. Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022 The fire started in an overgrown area previously used for logging, which meant fewer fire-resistant old trees and a lot more smaller and easily flammable younger ones. Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2022 The fire started in an overgrown area previously used for logging, which meant fewer fire-resistant old trees and a lot more smaller and easily flammable younger ones. Corinne Purtill, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2022 The fire started in an overgrown area previously used for logging, which meant fewer fire-resistant old trees and a lot more smaller and easily flammable younger ones. Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022 The overgrown plot had been a community garden back around 2010, but it had been abandoned for a few years. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Aug. 2022 Much of Cooper’s images focus on car culture, finding rusted vehicles covered with overgrown weeds. cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022 Officials are asking the public to search their private properties and areas with overgrown vegetation. Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 11 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of overgrown was in the 14th century

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