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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Overgrow \O'ver*grow"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Overgrew}; p. p. {Overgrown}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overgrowing}.]
1. To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that which is rank; as, dandelions have overgrown the lawn. [1913 Webster +PJC]
The green . . . is rough and overgrown. --Sir W. Scott.
2. To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress. [Obs.] --Mortimer. ''O'ergrown with labor.'' --Beau. & Fl.
Note: [Usually in the past participle.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
overgrown \overgrown\ adjective
1. covered with growing plants. [WordNet 1.5]
2. abounded in usually unwanted vegetation. [Narrower terms: {wooded (vs. unwooded)}; {weedy}] [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
overgrow
verb
1: become overgrown; "The patio overgrew with ivy"
2: grow beyond or across; "The ivy overgrew the patio" [syn: {grow over}]
3: grow too large for [syn: {outgrow}] [also: {overgrown}, {overgrew}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
overgrown
adjective
1: covered with growing plants
2: abounding in usually unwanted vegetation
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
overgrown See {overgrow}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
116 Moby Thesaurus words for "overgrown": Gargantuan, a bit much, abandoned, abundant, amplitudinous, astronomical, awesome, blooming, blossoming, boundless, braky, brambly, budding, bulky, burgeoning, colossal, copsy, cosmic, covered, crescent, dense, developed, egregious, enormous, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, extensive, extravagant, extreme, exuberant, fabulous, fancy, florescent, flourishing, flowering, full-fledged, full-grown, fully developed, galactic, gigantic, gluttonous, gross, growing, grown, grown-up, heavy, high, huge, hyperbolic, hypertrophied, immeasurable, immense, immoderate, impenetrable, incontinent, infinite, inordinate, intemperate, jungled, jungly, king-size, large, lush, luxuriant, mammoth, massive, massy, mature, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, out of bounds, out of sight, outrageous, outsize, outsized, overbig, overdeveloped, overfed, overgreat, overlarge, overmuch, overrun, oversized, overspread, overweening, overweight, prodigious, rank, riotous, sizable, spacious, sprouting, steep, stiff, stupendous, thick, thriving, titanic, too big, too much, tremendous, unbridled, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unrestrained, unweeded, vast, voluminous, weed-choked, weed-ridden, weedy, weighty
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