26984 words

overgrown

5 definitions • 6 examples
1
covered with plants that are growing thickly and in an uncontrolled way:

Examples:

The field is overgrown with weeds.
2
used to describe something that has grown too large:

Examples:

Cottonwood has become an overgrown town with inadequate facilities.
3
used to describe an adult who behaves like a child:

Examples:

They're acting like overgrown kids.
UK Jim is just an overgrown schoolboy.
4
having a thick, dense covering of plants growing in a wild way:

Examples:

The playground is overgrown with weeds.
5
(of people) grown large or too large:

Examples:

Even Professor Adams looked like an overgrown schoolboy beside him.

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