Definition of "overgrown" []

• Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden. (adjective)
• Something which has grown bigger but has not changed its character. (adjective)
• Past participle of overgrow (verb)

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• "Most of these drives took place in overgrown thickets, swamps, etc."
• "I treated the Greek, of course, with the contempt which he merited, whereupon he called another overgrown bog-trotter to his assistance, and the twain forthwith attacked me with great fury."
• "Mr Cotterell bred Chihuahua dogs of which there must have been about 50 or 60 of what Henry called overgrown rats."