adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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rhymes with -əʊn
CMU ARPABET:OW2 V ER0 G R OW1 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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2
adj
Meaning 2
Having grown bigger without developing maturity or changing character.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, derogatory, mildly
Examples
He spends so much money on new technology: he's like an overgrown schoolboy buying toys.
Meaning relationships
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3
verb
Meaning 3
past participle of overgrow
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
covered with growing plants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
abounding in usually unwanted vegetation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English grown English overgrown From over- + grown.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
обрасъл
(obrasǎl)
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Cebuano:
malibon
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Esperanto:
superkreskita
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Finnish:
umpeenkasvanut
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
German:
überwachsen
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Ancient Greek:
δασύς
(dasús)
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Latin:
obsitus
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Māori:
waipapa
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Māori:
ururua
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Māori:
heuheu
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Māori:
tūhea
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Māori:
maheu
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Māori:
kōwaowao
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Norwegian Bokmål:
begrodd
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Spanish:
demasiado crecido
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Spanish:
demasiadamente crecido
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Spanish:
zarrapastroso
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Spanish:
zarapastroso
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Spanish:
zalapastroso
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Swedish:
igengrodd
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Swedish:
övervuxen
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Swedish:
bevuxen
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Thai:
รกชัฏ
(rók-chát)
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Ukrainian:
зарослий
(zaroslyj)
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Ukrainian:
порослий
(poroslyj)
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Ukrainian:
заріс
(zaris)
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Ukrainian:
без догляду
(bez dohljadu)
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Ukrainian:
запущений
(zapuščenyj)
— having large numbers of plants which have become too big
Spanish:
grandulón
— having grown bigger without changing character
Spanish:
grandullón
— having grown bigger without changing character
Spanish:
tarajalludo
— having grown bigger without changing character
Ukrainian:
надмірно вирослий
(nadmirno vyroslyj)
— having grown bigger without changing character
Ukrainian:
перерослий
(pereroslyj)
— having grown bigger without changing character
Ukrainian:
перерісший
(pererisšyj)
— having grown bigger without changing character
