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Meaning of overgrown

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

overgrown

verb

Definitions

  1. To grow beyond one's boundaries or containment, or beyond the proper size.

  2. To grow over; (of one thing) to cause (a second thing) to become overgrown (with or by the first thing).

adjective

Definitions

  1. Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.

  2. Having grown bigger without developing maturity or changing character.

    Example: He spends so much money on new technology: he's like an overgrown schoolboy buying toys.