The meaning of OVERGROWN is grown abnormally or excessively large. How to use overgrown in a sentence.

1. full of plants that have grown too large or thick.

OVERGROWN definition: 1. covered with plants that are growing thickly and in an uncontrolled way: 2. used to describe…. Learn more.

Definition of overgrown adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If a garden or other place is overgrown, it is covered with a lot of unruly plants because it has not been cared for. We hurried on until we reached a courtyard overgrown with weeds.

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4 days ago · overgrown (comparative more overgrown, superlative most overgrown) Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.

o•ver•grow (ō′vər grō′, ō′ vər grō′), v., -grew, -grown, -grow•ing. cover with a growth of something. Botany to grow beyond, grow too large for, or outgrow. choke or supplant by a more exuberant growth. grow …

(In the form "An overgrown X") Something which has grown bigger but has not changed its character. He spends so much money on new technology, he's like an overgrown schoolboy buying toys.

There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective overgrown, one of which is considered derogatory. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.