overgrown
[adjective]
Synonyms: grown, rank

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Related Words: braky, brambly, brushy, copsy, jungly, thicketed, thickety, dense, overrun, thick, lush

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

o‧ver‧grown /ˌəʊvəˈɡrəʊn◂ $ ˌoʊvərˈɡroʊn◂/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: grower, growth, undergrowth, outgrowth, overgrowth; adjective: growing, grown, overgrown; verb: grow, outgrow]

1. covered with plants that have grown in an uncontrolled way
overgrown with
The garden will be overgrown with weeds by the time we get back.

2. when grass or plants are overgrown, they have grown in an uncontrolled way:
a lawn with overgrown grass

3. overgrown schoolboy/child an adult who behaves like a child – used to show disapproval:
Stop acting like an overgrown schoolboy.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

overgrown
adj.
VERBS be, look | become, get
ADV. extremely, thickly, very | completely The path was completely overgrown.
PREP. with The canal bank was thickly overgrown with last year's brambles.

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