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Princeton's WordNet

  1. overgrownadjective

    covered with growing plants

  2. overgrownadjective

    abounding in usually unwanted vegetation

Wiktionary

  1. overgrownadjective

    Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.

  2. overgrownadjective

    (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.

Wikipedia

  1. Overgrown

    Overgrown is the second studio album by English electronic musician James Blake. It was released on 5 April 2013 by Blake's Atlas Records, along with A&M Records and Polydor Records. The album features guest appearances from electronic music producer Brian Eno and Wu-Tang Clan member RZA. Overgrown debuted at number eight on the UK Albums Chart and at number one on the US Dance/Electronic chart. It was supported by lead single "Retrograde". The album was awarded the 2013 Mercury Prize, beating favourites Laura Mvula, Disclosure and David Bowie to win. It also earned Blake a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.

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  1. overgrown

    Overgrown typically refers to plants and vegetation that have excessively grown beyond the intended or controlled area. It could also describe something that has become too large, either by growing too much, being inflated or by not being controlled properly. It often connotes a level of disorder, neglect, or chaos.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of overgrown in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of overgrown in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of overgrown in a Sentence

  1. Zoe Richards:

    Today, the ancient tombs of the royal burial complexes are one of the few parts of the ancient Leluh site that remain intact, much of the historical site is overgrown by the tropical forest and has succumbed to hundreds of years of tropical weather and tidal inundation, and some parts of the site have been dismantled and reused in modern construction.

  2. Karen Pride:

    The removal of overgrown areas also reduces the habitat of wildlife such as birds that can be hazardous to flight activity at and around O'Hare.

  3. Cris Hazzard:

    For me, hiking Sahara Convertible Pants primarily function to protect my legs, whether from an overgrown trail, poison oak, ticks or coarse boulders I may have to climb over.

  4. Jorgen Stoltz:

    There is a tension field between the geology created by the ice age, with clay and calcium-rich soil, and then the elevated seabed which came later, we have all types of nature. You have sand dunes, which have been overgrown with juniper berries and thyme, and you can walk through lush forests full of ramsons (wild garlic).

  5. The Humane Society of Valdosta:

    Many of the dogs were coated in feces, had extremely overgrown nails and damaged teeth. They have never known a quiet life of love outside of a cramped cage.

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  • überwachsenGerman
  • ururua, maheu, waipapaMāori
  • зарослий, без догляду, перерослий, перерісший, порослий, заріс, запущений, надмірно вирослийUkrainian

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