Overgrown
adjective
Covered with plants that have grown in an uncontrolled way.
The abandoned house was surrounded by an overgrown garden.
Often appears as...
- overgrown garden
- overgrown grass
adjective
Too large or too mature for its age or compared to others of the same kind.
The overgrown puppy was almost as big as its mother.
Often appears as...
- overgrown child
- overgrown puppy
adjective
Allow to grow too much without control or care.
The local park was overgrown with weeds.
Often appears as...
- overgrown with weeds
- overgrown field
adjective
Covered with plants that have grown in an uncontrolled way.
The abandoned house was surrounded by an overgrown garden.
Often appears as...
- overgrown garden
- overgrown grass
adjective
Too large or too mature for its age or compared to others of the same kind.
The overgrown puppy was almost as big as its mother.
Often appears as...
- overgrown child
- overgrown puppy
adjective
Allow to grow too much without control or care.
The local park was overgrown with weeds.
Often appears as...
- overgrown with weeds
- overgrown field
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Neglect Implied
Suggests lack of care or attention over a period, often for spaces meant to be maintained.
The overgrown cemetery was a tangle of vines.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Impact
Conveys a strong visual image of a place being reclaimed by nature, sometimes evoking mystery or abandonment.
The castle ruins were almost hidden by overgrown ivy.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Setting
Often used to set a scene in stories, indicating a location that is not frequently visited or taken care of.
She pushed through the overgrown path toward the hidden lake.
Pro Tip 1/3Neglect Implied
Suggests lack of care or attention over a period, often for spaces meant to be maintained.
The overgrown cemetery was a tangle of vines.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Impact
Conveys a strong visual image of a place being reclaimed by nature, sometimes evoking mystery or abandonment.
The castle ruins were almost hidden by overgrown ivy.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Setting
Often used to set a scene in stories, indicating a location that is not frequently visited or taken care of.
She pushed through the overgrown path toward the hidden lake.
Pro Tip 1/3Neglect Implied
Suggests lack of care or attention over a period, often for spaces meant to be maintained.
The overgrown cemetery was a tangle of vines.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Impact
Conveys a strong visual image of a place being reclaimed by nature, sometimes evoking mystery or abandonment.
The castle ruins were almost hidden by overgrown ivy.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Setting
Often used to set a scene in stories, indicating a location that is not frequently visited or taken care of.
She pushed through the overgrown path toward the hidden lake.
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Energy from floating...
overgrown with algae and we needed them to develop a cleaning procedure and we also looked at help sea birds and marine mammals interacted and in fact you see here a sea otter that found this incredibly interesting and what's periodically work its way across this little floating water bed and we wanted to hire this guy or train him to be able
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Jonathan Trent: Energy...
Well, we found of course that this material became overgrown with algae, and we needed then to develop a cleaning procedure, and we also looked at how seabirds and marine mammals interacted, and in fact you see here a sea otter that found this incredibly interesting, and would periodically work its way across this little
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This deep-sea mystery is...
they would get muscled out by fast-growing streptococcus before they could even initiate cell division. So that's why we never find them in our throats. Perhaps the fact that the deep subsurface is so boring is actually an asset to these microbes. They never get washed out by a storm. They never get overgrown by weeds.
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How did Dracula become...
In the case of the latter, gasses swelling the body and blood oozing from the mouth could make a corpse look like it had recently been alive and feeding. Vampires were describe as bloated with overgrown teeth and nails. This gave rise to many rituals intended to prevent the dead from rising,
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The Wonders of Urban...
but this is a city-owned person this is a city-owned park this is wilderness park wilderness park is a dense spot with lots of weeds overgrown trees and brush we walk along the edge partly to avoid the many ticks and critters that live deeper inside
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Discovering Wildlife in...
Shall we see if we can find some of those parrots, those parakeets, if we can find the parakeets, we might be able to find some of their nest holes. This place is absolutely spectacular. It's very overgrown, so you have to watch where you step.
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How does climate change...
change truly this is what a healthy ocean looks like this is what a coral reef will look like in the future if we keep on doing what we're doing now corroded overgrown with algae and bleached so this is what makes planet
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A brief history of the...
This last image particularly inspired medieval artists and writers, who depicted a scaled, shaggy-furred creature with overgrown toenails. In Michael Pacher’s painting of St. Augustine and the Devil,
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Narwhals PIPE National...
narwhals are unique species of whale why unique because narwhals have a horn that can grow as long as nine feet it looks kind of like a tusks and it's actually an overgrown tube that grows through a
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Dog Saves Old Woman's...
completely overgrown I get tied up with the brambles in that this was all covered in brambles and then it got cold and dark and that so I laid under a big
Video examples
Energy from floating...
overgrown with algae and we needed them to develop a cleaning procedure and we also looked at help sea birds and marine mammals interacted and in fact you see here a sea otter that found this incredibly interesting and what's periodically work its way across this little floating water bed and we wanted to hire this guy or train him to be able
Video examples
Jonathan Trent: Energy...
Well, we found of course that this material became overgrown with algae, and we needed then to develop a cleaning procedure, and we also looked at how seabirds and marine mammals interacted, and in fact you see here a sea otter that found this incredibly interesting, and would periodically work its way across this little
Video examples
This deep-sea mystery is...
they would get muscled out by fast-growing streptococcus before they could even initiate cell division. So that's why we never find them in our throats. Perhaps the fact that the deep subsurface is so boring is actually an asset to these microbes. They never get washed out by a storm. They never get overgrown by weeds.
Video examples
How did Dracula become...
In the case of the latter, gasses swelling the body and blood oozing from the mouth could make a corpse look like it had recently been alive and feeding. Vampires were describe as bloated with overgrown teeth and nails. This gave rise to many rituals intended to prevent the dead from rising,
Video examples
The Wonders of Urban...
but this is a city-owned person this is a city-owned park this is wilderness park wilderness park is a dense spot with lots of weeds overgrown trees and brush we walk along the edge partly to avoid the many ticks and critters that live deeper inside
Video examples
Discovering Wildlife in...
Shall we see if we can find some of those parrots, those parakeets, if we can find the parakeets, we might be able to find some of their nest holes. This place is absolutely spectacular. It's very overgrown, so you have to watch where you step.
Video examples
How does climate change...
change truly this is what a healthy ocean looks like this is what a coral reef will look like in the future if we keep on doing what we're doing now corroded overgrown with algae and bleached so this is what makes planet
Video examples
A brief history of the...
This last image particularly inspired medieval artists and writers, who depicted a scaled, shaggy-furred creature with overgrown toenails. In Michael Pacher’s painting of St. Augustine and the Devil,
Video examples
Narwhals PIPE National...
narwhals are unique species of whale why unique because narwhals have a horn that can grow as long as nine feet it looks kind of like a tusks and it's actually an overgrown tube that grows through a
Video examples
Dog Saves Old Woman's...
completely overgrown I get tied up with the brambles in that this was all covered in brambles and then it got cold and dark and that so I laid under a big
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Hiro Murai
American Director
Atlanta' is Wild West-y - every corner of the city is trying to get by under its own rules. There's no single narrative. At the outer edges, the overgrown parking lots and project blocks, the city is a few yards away from apocalypse, and if you slow down, it could engulf you.
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John Burnside
Scottish Writer
For a boy of ten, used to the coal bings and rust-coloured burns of Cowdenbeath, the fields and woodland of Kingswood, with its overgrown but stately avenue of copper-barked sequoias, felt like a local version of paradise.
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Karel Capek
Czechoslovakian Writer
I've found a place that would amaze you. People used to live there, but now it's all overgrown and no one goes there. Absolutely no one - only me... Just a little house and a garden. And two dogs.
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Mark Meadows
American Politician
The IRS, now known for abusing its power by targeting groups for their political beliefs, is a prime example of an overgrown federal agency that doles out enormous bonuses to senior employees.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
At twelve I looked like a girl of seventeen. My body was developed and shapely. I still wore the blue dress and the blouse the orphanage provided. They made me look like an overgrown lummox.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
The time has come for us to draw the line. The time has come for the responsible leaders of both political parties to take a stand against overgrown Government and for the American taxpayer.
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
American Musician
I'm not like a professional writer with professional skills. Songs kind of come into my head the same way they did when I was a kid. I say I'm an overgrown kindergarten kid. I work on songs.
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Sophie Hannah
British Poet
No one has been buried at Mill Road Cemetery in Cambridge, England, for many years, and so the place has a shady, overgrown magic about it.
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Andy Dunn
American Businessman
A company that can't fire people well is like a forest that never has a fire. It becomes overgrown, full of weeds, and it fails.
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Ari Shaffir
American Comedian
I'm like an overgrown child! I don't know how to do anything!
Quote examples
Hiro Murai
American Director
Atlanta' is Wild West-y - every corner of the city is trying to get by under its own rules. There's no single narrative. At the outer edges, the overgrown parking lots and project blocks, the city is a few yards away from apocalypse, and if you slow down, it could engulf you.
Quote examples
John Burnside
Scottish Writer
For a boy of ten, used to the coal bings and rust-coloured burns of Cowdenbeath, the fields and woodland of Kingswood, with its overgrown but stately avenue of copper-barked sequoias, felt like a local version of paradise.
Quote examples
Karel Capek
Czechoslovakian Writer
I've found a place that would amaze you. People used to live there, but now it's all overgrown and no one goes there. Absolutely no one - only me... Just a little house and a garden. And two dogs.
Quote examples
Mark Meadows
American Politician
The IRS, now known for abusing its power by targeting groups for their political beliefs, is a prime example of an overgrown federal agency that doles out enormous bonuses to senior employees.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
At twelve I looked like a girl of seventeen. My body was developed and shapely. I still wore the blue dress and the blouse the orphanage provided. They made me look like an overgrown lummox.
Quote examples
Richard M. Nixon
American President
The time has come for us to draw the line. The time has come for the responsible leaders of both political parties to take a stand against overgrown Government and for the American taxpayer.
Quote examples
Buffy Sainte-Marie
American Musician
I'm not like a professional writer with professional skills. Songs kind of come into my head the same way they did when I was a kid. I say I'm an overgrown kindergarten kid. I work on songs.
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Sophie Hannah
British Poet
No one has been buried at Mill Road Cemetery in Cambridge, England, for many years, and so the place has a shady, overgrown magic about it.
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Andy Dunn
American Businessman
A company that can't fire people well is like a forest that never has a fire. It becomes overgrown, full of weeds, and it fails.
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Ari Shaffir
American Comedian
I'm like an overgrown child! I don't know how to do anything!
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