as in lush
covered with a thick, healthy natural growth
the trail has become so overgrown that it is nearly impassable in spots
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Recent Examples of overgrown
Schulz portrayed his Peanuts gang as small adults; Feiffer’s adults are all neurotic overgrown children.
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Art Spiegelman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
Now that street is strewn with garbage and overgrown trees.
—Arkansas Online, 31 May 2025
In the years since, Carmen Court has sat unoccupied and become overgrown.
—Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 15 May 2025
Return overgrown grass to the proper height by raising the mower deck to cut the grass high.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2025
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Art Spiegelman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
Now that street is strewn with garbage and overgrown trees.
—Arkansas Online, 31 May 2025
In the years since, Carmen Court has sat unoccupied and become overgrown.
—Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 15 May 2025
Return overgrown grass to the proper height by raising the mower deck to cut the grass high.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for overgrown
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overgrown
Adjective
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Proper mowing practices promote lush, dense turf by stimulating shoot and root growth.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 June 2025
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The project will add lush plantings that celebrate biodiversity and link the six-acre expanse, which has fallen into a state of neglect, more closely to its 18th-century Georgian roots.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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This is, naturally, the selfsame meat feast being shared by the two grown men at the table opposite.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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Heidi Stevens: So much is stolen when a grown woman calls a child a racial slur — including the child’s innocence Heidi Stevens: Trump has treated the country as his stage.—
Heidi Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Those bags protect the fruits from rats and green beetles, too.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2025
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Saunders brings up the summer of 2017 — the first green shoots of recovery following adoption of the EPPP.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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Editor’s picks The world itself is lively, if not exactly dense.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
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In Puerto Rico earlier in the week, the cloud was dense and caused hazy skies, according to the National Weather Service in San Juan.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Situated on a leafy (but busy) stretch of Burton Way, this all-suite hotel has long been a favorite among in-the-know guests.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Not just a simple garden salad, mind you, but a satisfying bowl layered with crisp veggies, grains or legumes, and leafy herbs.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
4 June 2025
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“Overgrown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrown. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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