overgrown

English

Etymology

over- +‎ grown

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -əʊn

Adjective

overgrown (comparative more overgrown, superlative most overgrown)

Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.
(attributive) Having grown bigger without developing maturity or changing character.
He spends so much money on new technology: he's like an overgrown schoolboy buying toys.

Translations

having large numbers of plants which have become too big

Cebuano: malibon
Finnish: umpeenkasvanut
German: überwachsen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: δασύς (dasús)

Maori: waipapa, ururua, maheu, tūhea, maheu (of a garden with weeds)
Ukrainian: зарослий (zaroslyj), порослий (poroslyj), заріс (zaris), без догляду (bez dohljadu), запущений (uk) (zapuščenyj)

having grown bigger without changing character.

Ukrainian: надмірно вирослий (nadmirno vyroslyj), перерослий (pereroslyj), перерісший (pererisšyj)

Verb

overgrown

past participle of overgrow

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.