overgrown
Meaning of overgrown
verb
- To grow beyond one's boundaries or containment, or beyond the proper size.
- To grow over; (of one thing) to cause (a second thing) to become overgrown (with or by the first thing).
- Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.
- 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.
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Hyphenation of overgrown
over-grown
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- overgrown is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with overgrown
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