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Adjective: overgrown  'ow-vu(r)'grown
  1. Covered with growing plants
     
  2. Abounding in usually unwanted vegetation
Verb: overgrow (overgrew,overgrown)  `ow-vu(r)'grow
  1. Grow too large
     
  2. Become overgrown
    "The patio overgrew with ivy"
     
  3. Grow beyond or across
    "The ivy overgrew the patio"
    - grow over

See also: covered, wooded

Type of: change state, exceed, grow, surpass, transcend, turn

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