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Definition 2024

overgrown

overgrown

English

Adjective

overgrown ‎(comparative more overgrown, superlative most overgrown)

Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.
(attributive) Having grown bigger without developing maturity or changing character.
He spends so much money on new technology: he's like an overgrown schoolboy buying toys.

Translations

having large numbers of plants which have become too big

German: überwachsen
Maori: waipapa, ururua, maheu, tūhea, maheu (of a garden with weeds)
Ukrainian: зарослий ‎(zaroslyj), порослий ‎(poroslyj), заріс ‎(zaris), без догляду ‎(bez dohljadu), запущений (uk) ‎(zapuščenyj)

having grown bigger without changing character.

Ukrainian: надмірно вирослий ‎(nadmirno vyroslyj), перерослий ‎(pereroslyj), перерісший ‎(pererisšyj)

Verb

overgrown

past participle of overgrow