Definition of overgrown in English:

overgrown

adjective əʊvəˈɡrəʊnˈəʊvəɡrəʊnˌoʊvərˈɡroʊn

1Covered with plants that have been allowed to grow wild.
the garden was overgrown and deserted
Example sentencesExamples
- Mothers were having to use the steps because a communal path between the front of houses in Windermere Road and gardens was so overgrown with weeds the prams could not get across.
- Hall started as a sculptor, and it shows in her bulldozed reconfiguring of a Cape Cod meadow into undulating waves of earth and rock overgrown with wild grass.
- I walked through the garden, noting how overgrown it was, and how the house was in poor condition.
- Even unto this day, it is all overgrown with vines, and flowers grow where once there must have been gardens.
- The council claims the new wall is replacing existing concrete post and rail fencing, which was unsightly and which had become overgrown with weeds.
- Behind the hall was a deserted graveyard overgrown with weeds.
- The river is polluted and overgrown with reeds following years of neglect.
- But perhaps more than ever there are many moorland paths overgrown with the heather.
- The far side is overgrown and quite inaccessible.
- The stream is well overgrown with willow and more.
- Since the neighbor's property is a bit overgrown with low bamboo it was a quite a tussle doing all that and then wrestling the tree lengths back onto my property.
- They are not so delicate as the green spaces in China, but wild and overgrown with weeds.
- One afternoon we passed over some abandoned terraces, their earth encrusted and overgrown with scratchy, sunburned weeds.
- The factory was bulldozed some years ago and the land is currently overgrown and derelict.
- I boiled the water for the tea and looked out the kitchen window into the backyard and saw it to be neglected and overgrown with weeds.
- Foley told the meeting that stones have been removed from the boundary walls and it has become overgrown with grass and weeds.
- Excavation ceased in the 1950s and the area is now overgrown with woodland, bracken and gorse which provides a habitat for birds, snakes and mammals.
- She came to a particularly shabby house and started to walk up the front path overgrown with moss.
- The children spent a day earlier this year cleaning up the holy well, which had become overgrown with weeds, and put together a book detailing what they had done along with a history of the well.
- In the allotments, paths overgrown with nettles and docks are littered with squashed cans and chocolate wrappers between walls of rusting corrugated iron topped with barbed wire.
Synonyms
run down, derelict, dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle, untended, unmaintained
2Grown too large or beyond its normal size.
the town is only an overgrown village
Example sentencesExamples
- The vegetation is overgrown and makes it difficult to see the shoreline.
- In fact, the bushes are uneven in setting out and in growth, unkempt and massively overgrown.
- There is still a concern of many overgrown hedges within the village.
- Wherever apples grow in this country you can find a home in your town or suburb with a huge overgrown apple tree in the backyard that has not been cared for in many years.
- That wasn't hard - the aggressor in question was the size of an overgrown cat.
- The overgrown hedges in the village are to be attended to and the road junctions repainted following recent road works.
- Instead they looked more like overgrown teddy bears with oversized heads, hands, and feet, their gangling limbs lending them an air of awkwardness.
- Despite urbanization, the city gives the feeling of an overgrown village, and its easy-going charm is intact.
- A walk through the gallery may make you feel that you are in an overgrown village.
- The backyard would be pretty if the plants weren't overgrown.
- I know I'm going to miss climbing around in its structure - it's like being an overgrown kid in a giant tree house.
- However, right on the 50 yard line sits a huge and overgrown elephant, enormously strong but also swelled up, slow, and completely unsuited to being a player in this game.
- The majority of smaller towns are overgrown villages that show little effort to organize space or create an urban environment.
Synonyms
large, sizeable, of considerable size, substantial, considerable, great, huge, immense, enormous, extensive, colossal, massive, mammoth, vast, prodigious, tremendous, gigantic, giant, monumental, mighty, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine, titanic, epic, mountainous, megalithic, monstrous, brobdingnagian
1. 2.1derogatory Used to describe an adult behaving in a childish manner.
  a pair of overgrown schoolboys
  Example sentencesExamples
  You have been behaving like an overgrown schoolboy in this room for many, many months and years.
  He would turn up in search of an audience when all we wanted was to have a good time, not to sit in awe at some self-appointed star turn, an overgrown schoolboy still sitting in puddles for attention.
  Stringer is one of the new breed who contradict the notion that rugby players are beer swilling, overgrown school-children who engage in raucous after-match parties.
  Grown men and women can behave like overgrown kids who don't seem to worry about their behaviour abroad.
  In parliament he resembles an overgrown schoolboy, chafing at his collar and tie.

Definition of overgrown in US English:

overgrown

adjectiveˌoʊvərˈɡroʊnˌōvərˈɡrōn

1Covered with plants that have been allowed to grow wild.
the garden was overgrown and deserted
Example sentencesExamples
- The river is polluted and overgrown with reeds following years of neglect.
- Since the neighbor's property is a bit overgrown with low bamboo it was a quite a tussle doing all that and then wrestling the tree lengths back onto my property.
- I walked through the garden, noting how overgrown it was, and how the house was in poor condition.
- The council claims the new wall is replacing existing concrete post and rail fencing, which was unsightly and which had become overgrown with weeds.
- They are not so delicate as the green spaces in China, but wild and overgrown with weeds.
- The far side is overgrown and quite inaccessible.
- Hall started as a sculptor, and it shows in her bulldozed reconfiguring of a Cape Cod meadow into undulating waves of earth and rock overgrown with wild grass.
- The children spent a day earlier this year cleaning up the holy well, which had become overgrown with weeds, and put together a book detailing what they had done along with a history of the well.
- She came to a particularly shabby house and started to walk up the front path overgrown with moss.
- I boiled the water for the tea and looked out the kitchen window into the backyard and saw it to be neglected and overgrown with weeds.
- Excavation ceased in the 1950s and the area is now overgrown with woodland, bracken and gorse which provides a habitat for birds, snakes and mammals.
- In the allotments, paths overgrown with nettles and docks are littered with squashed cans and chocolate wrappers between walls of rusting corrugated iron topped with barbed wire.
- But perhaps more than ever there are many moorland paths overgrown with the heather.
- One afternoon we passed over some abandoned terraces, their earth encrusted and overgrown with scratchy, sunburned weeds.
- Even unto this day, it is all overgrown with vines, and flowers grow where once there must have been gardens.
- Foley told the meeting that stones have been removed from the boundary walls and it has become overgrown with grass and weeds.
- The factory was bulldozed some years ago and the land is currently overgrown and derelict.
- Behind the hall was a deserted graveyard overgrown with weeds.
- The stream is well overgrown with willow and more.
- Mothers were having to use the steps because a communal path between the front of houses in Windermere Road and gardens was so overgrown with weeds the prams could not get across.
Synonyms
run down, derelict, dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle, untended, unmaintained
2Grown too large or beyond its normal size.
the town is only an overgrown village
Example sentencesExamples
- In fact, the bushes are uneven in setting out and in growth, unkempt and massively overgrown.
- The majority of smaller towns are overgrown villages that show little effort to organize space or create an urban environment.
- That wasn't hard - the aggressor in question was the size of an overgrown cat.
- The vegetation is overgrown and makes it difficult to see the shoreline.
- Wherever apples grow in this country you can find a home in your town or suburb with a huge overgrown apple tree in the backyard that has not been cared for in many years.
- The backyard would be pretty if the plants weren't overgrown.
- The overgrown hedges in the village are to be attended to and the road junctions repainted following recent road works.
- There is still a concern of many overgrown hedges within the village.
- I know I'm going to miss climbing around in its structure - it's like being an overgrown kid in a giant tree house.
- However, right on the 50 yard line sits a huge and overgrown elephant, enormously strong but also swelled up, slow, and completely unsuited to being a player in this game.
- Despite urbanization, the city gives the feeling of an overgrown village, and its easy-going charm is intact.
- A walk through the gallery may make you feel that you are in an overgrown village.
- Instead they looked more like overgrown teddy bears with oversized heads, hands, and feet, their gangling limbs lending them an air of awkwardness.
Synonyms
large, sizeable, of considerable size, substantial, considerable, great, huge, immense, enormous, extensive, colossal, massive, mammoth, vast, prodigious, tremendous, gigantic, giant, monumental, mighty, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine, titanic, epic, mountainous, megalithic, monstrous, brobdingnagian
1. 2.1derogatory Used to describe an adult behaving in a childish manner.
  a pair of overgrown schoolboys
  Example sentencesExamples
  He would turn up in search of an audience when all we wanted was to have a good time, not to sit in awe at some self-appointed star turn, an overgrown schoolboy still sitting in puddles for attention.
  Stringer is one of the new breed who contradict the notion that rugby players are beer swilling, overgrown school-children who engage in raucous after-match parties.
  Grown men and women can behave like overgrown kids who don't seem to worry about their behaviour abroad.
  You have been behaving like an overgrown schoolboy in this room for many, many months and years.
  In parliament he resembles an overgrown schoolboy, chafing at his collar and tie.

单词	overgrown
释义	Definition of overgrown in English: overgrown adjective əʊvəˈɡrəʊnˈəʊvəɡrəʊnˌoʊvərˈɡroʊn 1Covered with plants that have been allowed to grow wild. the garden was overgrown and deserted Example sentencesExamples Mothers were having to use the steps because a communal path between the front of houses in Windermere Road and gardens was so overgrown with weeds the prams could not get across. Hall started as a sculptor, and it shows in her bulldozed reconfiguring of a Cape Cod meadow into undulating waves of earth and rock overgrown with wild grass. I walked through the garden, noting how overgrown it was, and how the house was in poor condition. Even unto this day, it is all overgrown with vines, and flowers grow where once there must have been gardens. The council claims the new wall is replacing existing concrete post and rail fencing, which was unsightly and which had become overgrown with weeds. Behind the hall was a deserted graveyard overgrown with weeds. The river is polluted and overgrown with reeds following years of neglect. But perhaps more than ever there are many moorland paths overgrown with the heather. The far side is overgrown and quite inaccessible. The stream is well overgrown with willow and more. Since the neighbor's property is a bit overgrown with low bamboo it was a quite a tussle doing all that and then wrestling the tree lengths back onto my property. They are not so delicate as the green spaces in China, but wild and overgrown with weeds. One afternoon we passed over some abandoned terraces, their earth encrusted and overgrown with scratchy, sunburned weeds. The factory was bulldozed some years ago and the land is currently overgrown and derelict. I boiled the water for the tea and looked out the kitchen window into the backyard and saw it to be neglected and overgrown with weeds. Foley told the meeting that stones have been removed from the boundary walls and it has become overgrown with grass and weeds. Excavation ceased in the 1950s and the area is now overgrown with woodland, bracken and gorse which provides a habitat for birds, snakes and mammals. She came to a particularly shabby house and started to walk up the front path overgrown with moss. The children spent a day earlier this year cleaning up the holy well, which had become overgrown with weeds, and put together a book detailing what they had done along with a history of the well. In the allotments, paths overgrown with nettles and docks are littered with squashed cans and chocolate wrappers between walls of rusting corrugated iron topped with barbed wire. Synonyms run down, derelict, dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle, untended, unmaintained 2Grown too large or beyond its normal size. the town is only an overgrown village Example sentencesExamples The vegetation is overgrown and makes it difficult to see the shoreline. In fact, the bushes are uneven in setting out and in growth, unkempt and massively overgrown. There is still a concern of many overgrown hedges within the village. Wherever apples grow in this country you can find a home in your town or suburb with a huge overgrown apple tree in the backyard that has not been cared for in many years. That wasn't hard - the aggressor in question was the size of an overgrown cat. The overgrown hedges in the village are to be attended to and the road junctions repainted following recent road works. Instead they looked more like overgrown teddy bears with oversized heads, hands, and feet, their gangling limbs lending them an air of awkwardness. Despite urbanization, the city gives the feeling of an overgrown village, and its easy-going charm is intact. A walk through the gallery may make you feel that you are in an overgrown village. The backyard would be pretty if the plants weren't overgrown. I know I'm going to miss climbing around in its structure - it's like being an overgrown kid in a giant tree house. However, right on the 50 yard line sits a huge and overgrown elephant, enormously strong but also swelled up, slow, and completely unsuited to being a player in this game. The majority of smaller towns are overgrown villages that show little effort to organize space or create an urban environment. Synonyms large, sizeable, of considerable size, substantial, considerable, great, huge, immense, enormous, extensive, colossal, massive, mammoth, vast, prodigious, tremendous, gigantic, giant, monumental, mighty, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine, titanic, epic, mountainous, megalithic, monstrous, brobdingnagian 2.1derogatory Used to describe an adult behaving in a childish manner. a pair of overgrown schoolboys Example sentencesExamples You have been behaving like an overgrown schoolboy in this room for many, many months and years. He would turn up in search of an audience when all we wanted was to have a good time, not to sit in awe at some self-appointed star turn, an overgrown schoolboy still sitting in puddles for attention. Stringer is one of the new breed who contradict the notion that rugby players are beer swilling, overgrown school-children who engage in raucous after-match parties. Grown men and women can behave like overgrown kids who don't seem to worry about their behaviour abroad. In parliament he resembles an overgrown schoolboy, chafing at his collar and tie. Definition of overgrown in US English: overgrown adjectiveˌoʊvərˈɡroʊnˌōvərˈɡrōn 1Covered with plants that have been allowed to grow wild. the garden was overgrown and deserted Example sentencesExamples The river is polluted and overgrown with reeds following years of neglect. Since the neighbor's property is a bit overgrown with low bamboo it was a quite a tussle doing all that and then wrestling the tree lengths back onto my property. I walked through the garden, noting how overgrown it was, and how the house was in poor condition. The council claims the new wall is replacing existing concrete post and rail fencing, which was unsightly and which had become overgrown with weeds. They are not so delicate as the green spaces in China, but wild and overgrown with weeds. The far side is overgrown and quite inaccessible. Hall started as a sculptor, and it shows in her bulldozed reconfiguring of a Cape Cod meadow into undulating waves of earth and rock overgrown with wild grass. The children spent a day earlier this year cleaning up the holy well, which had become overgrown with weeds, and put together a book detailing what they had done along with a history of the well. She came to a particularly shabby house and started to walk up the front path overgrown with moss. I boiled the water for the tea and looked out the kitchen window into the backyard and saw it to be neglected and overgrown with weeds. Excavation ceased in the 1950s and the area is now overgrown with woodland, bracken and gorse which provides a habitat for birds, snakes and mammals. In the allotments, paths overgrown with nettles and docks are littered with squashed cans and chocolate wrappers between walls of rusting corrugated iron topped with barbed wire. But perhaps more than ever there are many moorland paths overgrown with the heather. One afternoon we passed over some abandoned terraces, their earth encrusted and overgrown with scratchy, sunburned weeds. Even unto this day, it is all overgrown with vines, and flowers grow where once there must have been gardens. Foley told the meeting that stones have been removed from the boundary walls and it has become overgrown with grass and weeds. The factory was bulldozed some years ago and the land is currently overgrown and derelict. Behind the hall was a deserted graveyard overgrown with weeds. The stream is well overgrown with willow and more. Mothers were having to use the steps because a communal path between the front of houses in Windermere Road and gardens was so overgrown with weeds the prams could not get across. Synonyms run down, derelict, dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle, untended, unmaintained 2Grown too large or beyond its normal size. the town is only an overgrown village Example sentencesExamples In fact, the bushes are uneven in setting out and in growth, unkempt and massively overgrown. The majority of smaller towns are overgrown villages that show little effort to organize space or create an urban environment. That wasn't hard - the aggressor in question was the size of an overgrown cat. The vegetation is overgrown and makes it difficult to see the shoreline. Wherever apples grow in this country you can find a home in your town or suburb with a huge overgrown apple tree in the backyard that has not been cared for in many years. The backyard would be pretty if the plants weren't overgrown. The overgrown hedges in the village are to be attended to and the road junctions repainted following recent road works. There is still a concern of many overgrown hedges within the village. I know I'm going to miss climbing around in its structure - it's like being an overgrown kid in a giant tree house. However, right on the 50 yard line sits a huge and overgrown elephant, enormously strong but also swelled up, slow, and completely unsuited to being a player in this game. Despite urbanization, the city gives the feeling of an overgrown village, and its easy-going charm is intact. A walk through the gallery may make you feel that you are in an overgrown village. Instead they looked more like overgrown teddy bears with oversized heads, hands, and feet, their gangling limbs lending them an air of awkwardness. Synonyms large, sizeable, of considerable size, substantial, considerable, great, huge, immense, enormous, extensive, colossal, massive, mammoth, vast, prodigious, tremendous, gigantic, giant, monumental, mighty, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine, titanic, epic, mountainous, megalithic, monstrous, brobdingnagian 2.1derogatory Used to describe an adult behaving in a childish manner. a pair of overgrown schoolboys Example sentencesExamples He would turn up in search of an audience when all we wanted was to have a good time, not to sit in awe at some self-appointed star turn, an overgrown schoolboy still sitting in puddles for attention. Stringer is one of the new breed who contradict the notion that rugby players are beer swilling, overgrown school-children who engage in raucous after-match parties. Grown men and women can behave like overgrown kids who don't seem to worry about their behaviour abroad. You have been behaving like an overgrown schoolboy in this room for many, many months and years. In parliament he resembles an overgrown schoolboy, chafing at his collar and tie.
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