OVERGROWN


Meaning of OVERGROWN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ oʊvə(r)groʊn ]

1.

If a garden or other place is overgrown , it is covered with a lot of untidy plants because it has not been looked after.

We hurried on until we reached a courtyard overgrown with weeds...

ADJ

2.

If you describe an adult as an overgrown child, you mean that their behaviour and attitudes are like those of a child, and that you dislike this.

...a bunch of overgrown kids...

ADJ : ADJ n [ disapproval ]

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