overgrow

[US]/əʊvə'grəʊ/
[UK]/'ovɚ,gro/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. be covered or covered by growth; grow too much
vi. grow excessively

Phrases & Collocations

plants overgrow

garden overgrow

grass overgrow

Example Sentences

the mussels overgrow and smother whatever is underneath.

Too hard to climbing up some of collapsed watchtowers, so I only went on hillside where overgrow fruticose transervesly.

The garden was left untended and the weeds began to overgrow.

If you don't trim the bushes regularly, they will overgrow and look messy.

The vines overgrew the fence and started creeping into the neighbor's yard.

The abandoned house was surrounded by overgrown trees and bushes.

The path was barely visible under the overgrown vegetation.

Neglected areas in the city can quickly overgrow with wild plants.

The old ruins were hidden by the overgrown ivy clinging to the walls.

It's important to regularly trim your hedges to prevent them from overgrowing.

The backyard had become a jungle of overgrown plants due to neglect.

The once beautiful garden had been taken over by overgrown weeds and thorns.

Real-world Examples

Poisonous giant hogweeds overgrow the banks of London's Thames River.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Finally, overgrowth of ribs can cause pectus excavatum, where the chest sinks in, or pectus carinatum, where the chest points out.

Source: Osmosis - Genetics

The annual rings of the trunk that have overgrown the dead sapling tell the year of the storm.

Source: Summer walks through the mountains.

Now if you attend to a baobab too late, you can never get rid of it again. It overgrows the whole planet.

Source: The Little Prince

And this is due to mutations in the TSC1 or TSC2 tumor suppressor genes, genes that usually suppress tumor growth, therefore a mutation leads to myocyte overgrowth.

Source: Osmosis - Cardiovascular

The cells lining the colon and rectum are constantly dividing, and typically when there's an overgrowth of tissue it's benign, but some can become malignant, meaning that the dividing cells can start invading nearby tissues over time.

Source: Osmosis - Digestion

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