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overgrown

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o·ver·grow  (vr-gr, vr-gr)
v. o·ver·grew (-gr), o·ver·grown (-grn), o·ver·grow·ing, o·ver·grows
v.tr.
1. To grow over with herbage or foliage.
2. To grow beyond or too large for.
v.intr.
1. To grow beyond normal or usual size.
2. To become grown over, as with unwanted vegetation or weeds.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.overgrown - covered with growing plants
covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"
2.overgrown - abounding in usually unwanted vegetation
wooded - covered with growing trees and bushes etc; "wooded land"; "a heavily wooded tract"

overgrown
adjective covered, overrun, choked a courtyard overgrown with weeds
Translations
overgrown [ˌəʊvəˈgrəʊn] ADJ
1. [garden] → descuidado, cubierto de malas hierbas
overgrown withcubierto or revestido de
the path is quite overgrown nowla senda está ya casi cubierta de vegetación
2. [child, adolescent] → demasiado grande para su edad
he's just an overgrown schoolboyes como un niño grande

overgrown [ˌəʊvərˈgrəʊn] adj
[garden] → envahi(e) par la végétation
to be overgrown with weeds → être envahi par les mauvaises herbes
an overgrown child (= immature adult) → un grand enfant
he's just an overgrown schoolboy → ce n'est qu'un éternel écolier

overgrown [ˈəʊvəˈgrəʊn] adj (garden) overgrown with weeds/ivycoperto/a di erbacce/edera
he's just an overgrown schoolboy → è proprio un bambinone
overgrown [ˈəʊvəˈgrəʊn] adj (garden) overgrown with weeds/ivycoperto/a di erbacce/edera
he's just an overgrown schoolboy → è proprio un bambinone

overgrown
adj overgrown [əuvəˈgroun]
1 full of plants that have grown too large or thick Our garden is overgrown with weeds. toegegroei, begroei مُغَطَّى بالنَّبات обрасъл zarostlý tilgroet überwachsen κατάφυτος cubierto de maleza, invadido por la maleza/vegetación/malas hierbas umbekasvanud پر تراکم؛ انبوه villiintynyt envahi (par la végétation) גִידוּל יֶתֶר अधिक बढा़ हुआ zarastao vmivel benőtt penuh tumbuhan liar sem er undirlagður/úr sér vaxinn ricoperto 伸び過ぎた 지나치게 우거진 apaugęs aizaudzis semak overwoekerd overgrodd, gjengrodd zarośnięty coberto de năpădit (de buruieni) заросший zarastený prerasel zarasti över-, igenvuxen ขึ้นอยู่ทั่ว örtülü, kaplanmış ...叢生的 зарослий زيادہ اُگا ہوا thuộc mọc tràn lan ...
2 grown too large an overgrown puppy. oorgroei مُفْرِط في النُّمو пораснал прекалено бързо přerostlý forvokset übergroß με πρόωρη ανάπτυξη demasiado grande para su edad, estar crecidito ülekasvanud دارای رشد بی رویه ylisuuri qui a trop grandi שגדל מהיר מדי अतिवृद्ध prevelik felnyurgult terlalu besar of stór eftir aldri (che è cresciuto troppo) 育ち過ぎた 너무 크게 자란 peraugęs pāraudzis terlalu besar te sterk gegroeid forvokst przerośnięty demasiado crescido care a crescut prea mult переросший vyrastený prevelik preterano porasti förvuxen, ovanligt stor โตเร็วเกินไป azman 長得太大的 що переріс حد سے زيادہ بڑھا ہوا lớn quá khổ


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By her help I also now Make this churlish place allow Something that may sweeten gladness In the very gall of sadness-- The dull loneness, the black shade, That these hanging vaults have made The strange music of the waves Beating on these hollow caves, This black den which rocks emboss, Overgrown with eldest moss, The rude portals that give light More to terror than delight, This my chamber of neglect
A FARMER being about to die, and knowing that during his illness his Sons had permitted the vineyard to become overgrown with weeds while they improved the shining hour by gambling with the doctor, said to them:
--there were a quantity of overgrown lettuces, which had "shot" into flower.
 
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