Overgrow

Word OVERGROW
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Hyphenation o ver grow
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Definitions and meanings of "Overgrow"

What do we mean by overgrow?

To grow over with herbage or foliage. intransitive verb

To grow beyond or too large for. intransitive verb

To grow beyond normal or usual size. intransitive verb

To become grown over, as with unwanted vegetation or weeds. intransitive verb

To cover with growth or herbage.

To grow beyond; rise above; grow too big for; outgrow.

To overcome; weigh down; oppress.

To grow beyond the fit or natural size.

To grow beyond the fit or natural size; to grow too large. intransitive verb

To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that which is rank. transitive verb

To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress. transitive verb

To grow beyond one's boundaries or containments. verb

To grow over; (of one thing) to cause (a second thing) to become overgrown (with or by the first thing). verb

Become overgrown verb

Grow beyond or across verb

Grow too large verb

To grow beyond one's boundaries or containment, or beyond the proper size.

To grow over; (of one thing) to cause (a second thing) to become overgrown (with or by the first thing).

Synonyms and Antonyms for Overgrow

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The word "overgrow" in example sentences

After a century that produced Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama as examples for how to "overgrow" oppression, the best these people can do is blow themselves and innocent civilians up? ❋ Unknown (2006)

Following, is compiled some tell tale signs that your flash fiction or short story is attempting to flex its literary muscles and overgrow your files and time and demand to become a novel. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Nervous attempts to treat it with antibiotics are problematic for two reasons: first, because they often suppress benign bacteria in the gut, thus allowing this E. coli to overgrow and flourish; second because if the E. coli is actually killed by the antibiotic, it releases the toxin and leads to the very complications that doctors are trying to avoid. ❋ Marc Siegel (2011)

They set fire to bramble, seedlings, and fallen twigs, lest this underbrush “overgrow the Country, making it unpassable,” in the words of a contemporary traveler, William Wood. ❋ Eric Jaffe (2010)

The bacterial flora stimulated by any probiotic can overgrow and cause bloating and vaginal irritation. ❋ William Kent Krueger (2010)

For, like a garden, the body is naturally wild, prone to disorder, and the less hedged about it is, the more it symbolizes the power of the people to overgrow their institutional fences. ❋ ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH (2010)

The nettles that methodically overgrow the abandoned homesteads of exiles. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rarely, one of the greater air-trees would overreach its rootings, or overgrow its perch, and fall, bringing down creepers and lesser growths with it. ❋ Frederick Barthelme (2010)

Mostly, it's wonderful to be given permission to overgrow pavement. ❋ Heather McDougal (2007)

The 1980s saw the success of shows like Gundam and Dragon Ball overgrow the national consciousness and become runaway sensations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It was a vote for a new precedent – to overgrow the "lowest common dominator" paradigm and take a step towards government of the people, by the people, for the people, where the government does our bidding, not the bidding of the highest bidder and where the Golden Rule can finally overrule the rule of gold. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For example, the addition of nutrients or removal of herbivores might favor the growth of algae that is able to overgrow coral before they are able to recover. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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