overgrown

[US]/əʊvə'grəʊn/
[UK]/ˌovɚ'ɡron/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. covered with an excessive growth of weeds or other plants

Phrases & Collocations

overgrown with weeds

overgrown garden

overgrown path

Example Sentences

the garden was overgrown and deserted.

a pair of overgrown schoolboys.

the town is only an overgrown village.

the steps were overgrown and unusable.

the trees are overgrown with vines and moss.

he scampered in like an overgrown puppy.

The river banks were overgrown with reed.

Overgrown deciduous shrubs can be cut back at this time of year.

it was overgrown with brambles, so that I had difficulty making any progress.

Resembling an overgrown ferret, the Jarvey is one of the few beasts that can actually talk.

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