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# overgrown

adjective (overgrown)

«overgrown» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Covered with plants, weeds or grass that have grown too much because no one has cut them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overgrown/#m1)
2. Grown too large, or (of a person) acting like a child though grown up: «an overgrown schoolboy». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overgrown/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories, an overgrown garden, path or castle tells the reader that a place is old, forgotten or secret, as in «The Secret Garden» or «Sleeping Beauty». In nature lessons and gardening: weeds take over when nothing is cut. Safety: overgrown places can hide holes, nettles, ticks or snakes.

### Examples

- The garden was overgrown with weeds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overgrown/#x1)
- We found an overgrown path in the woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overgrown/#x2)
- The old castle was overgrown with ivy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overgrown/#x3)
- Watch out for nettles in the overgrown field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overgrown/#x4)
- Dad cut back the overgrown hedge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overgrown/#x5)
- He's just an overgrown kid who loves video games. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overgrown/#x6)
- Their way led through a stream whose banks were overgrown with thick brushwood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overgrown/#x7)

### Note

It comes from the verb «overgrow» (overgrow, overgrew, overgrown). «Overgrown with» + plants: «overgrown with brambles». Not the same as «grown over» (which is used less) or «outgrown» (too big for: «I've outgrown my shoes»).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «overgrown» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overgrown/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«overgrown» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/overgrown.html) on Mova free.