Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Fully grown.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective covered with growing plants.
  • adjective abounded in usually unwanted vegetation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.
  • adjective Something which has grown bigger but has not changed its character.
  • verb Past participle of overgrow

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective covered with growing plants
  • adjective abounding in usually unwanted vegetation

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word overgrown.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.