overgrown
adjective/ˌəʊvəˈɡrəʊn/
/ˌəʊvərˈɡrəʊn/
- (of gardens, etc.) covered with plants that have been allowed to grow wild and have not been controlled
- an overgrown path
- The path was completely overgrown.
- overgrown with something The garden's completely overgrown with weeds.
- The canal bank was thickly overgrown with last year’s brambles.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- get
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- with
- (often disapproving) that has grown too large
- an overgrown village
- They act like a pair of overgrown children (= they are adults but they behave like children).
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