overgrown

«overgrown» in Mova's school dictionary: Covered with plants, weeds or grass that have grown too… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (overgrown)

meaning for a pupil

1) Covered with plants, weeds or grass that have grown too much because no one has cut them. tree →

2) Grown too large, or (of a person) acting like a child though grown up: «an overgrown schoolboy». tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, an overgrown garden, path or castle tells the reader that a place is old, forgotten or secret, as in «The Secret Garden» or «Sleeping Beauty». In nature lessons and gardening: weeds take over when nothing is cut. Safety: overgrown places can hide holes, nettles, ticks or snakes.

examples

• The garden was overgrown with weeds. tree →
• We found an overgrown path in the woods. tree →
• The old castle was overgrown with ivy. tree →
• Watch out for nettles in the overgrown field. tree →
• Dad cut back the overgrown hedge. tree →
• He's just an overgrown kid who loves video games. tree →
• Their way led through a stream whose banks were overgrown with thick brushwood. tree →

note

It comes from the verb «overgrow» (overgrow, overgrew, overgrown). «Overgrown with» + plants: «overgrown with brambles». Not the same as «grown over» (which is used less) or «outgrown» (too big for: «I've outgrown my shoes»).

In the corpora

• Tiny hairs on stinging nettle leaves inject a liquid that stings and itches, so keep away and wear long trousers on overgrown paths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «overgrown» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.