The meaning of OVERGROWN is grown abnormally or excessively large. How to use overgrown in a sentence.

overgrown adjective (COVERED) Add to word list covered with plants that are growing thickly and in an uncontrolled way:

To grow beyond or too large for. 1. To grow beyond normal or usual size. 2. To become grown over, as with unwanted vegetation or weeds. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth …

Definition of overgrown adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If a garden or other place is overgrown, it is covered with a lot of untidy plants because it has not been looked after. We hurried on until we reached a courtyard overgrown with weeds.

OVERGROWN definition: grown to excess; grown too large. See examples of overgrown used in a sentence.

3 days ago · overgrown (comparative more overgrown, superlative most overgrown) Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.

o•ver•grow (ō′vər grō′, ō′ vər grō′), v., -grew, -grown, -grow•ing. cover with a growth of something. Botany to grow beyond, grow too large for, or outgrow. choke or supplant by a more exuberant growth. grow …

(In the form "An overgrown X") Something which has grown bigger but has not changed its character. He spends so much money on new technology, he's like an overgrown schoolboy buying toys.

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