Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overgrown"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Overgrow \O`ver*grow"\, v. t. [imp. {Overgrew}; p. p.
{Overgrown}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overgrowing}.]
1. To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that
which is rank.

The green . . . is rough and overgrown. --Sir W.
Scott.

2. To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to
oppress. [Obs.] --Mortimer. ``O'ergrown with labor.''
--Beau. & Fl. [Usually in the past participle.]

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

overgrown
adj 1: covered with growing plants
2: abounding in usually unwanted vegetation


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