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
Prone to wearing clothes that suggest an overgrown pre-teen herself, all frills, flounces and bright colors, Martha doesn’t look like great maternal material to Claire, although this judgmental attitude may be evidence of her own maternal deficiencies.
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2026
Return overgrown grass to the proper height by raising the mower deck to cut the grass high.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2026
Use it only when a bed is severely overgrown with grasses.
—Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 23 May 2026
Over the next few weeks, the trail will be paved more, and down the line crews will eventually clean up the overgrown foliage to make room for benches.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee
may 22, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2026
Return overgrown grass to the proper height by raising the mower deck to cut the grass high.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2026
Use it only when a bed is severely overgrown with grasses.
—Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 23 May 2026
Over the next few weeks, the trail will be paved more, and down the line crews will eventually clean up the overgrown foliage to make room for benches.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee
may 22, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overgrown
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Today, guests can indulge in spacious rooms with premium marble bathrooms, then wind down with drinks in the property’s lush, two-story lobby bar.—
Jennifer Kester,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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Revival at The Sawyer, the hotel’s lush rooftop bar and lounge, draws both locals and out-of-towners with live music, DJ sets, cocktails, and more.—
Chelsee Lowe,
Travel + Leisure,
25 May 2026
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As its 20-minute ovation showed, there is certainly an appetite for a new kind of gay love story this year at Cannes, where Jordan Firstman’s similarly disarming Club Kid left grown women in tears.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
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Natalie Decker is a grown adult.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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On court, Osaka wore a blue-and-green Nike dress streaked with vertical ruffles.—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Just make sure to give them a brighter exposure than that required by the classic green Chinese evergreens.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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Among all of Crichton’s books, Sphere is the densest, most effective vehicle of novelistic pleasure.—
Ian Mackenzie,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Early in its history, cold, dense surface rock would have sunk through hot mantle rock in ways that bear little resemblance to modern plate tectonics.—
Scott K. Johnson,
ArsTechnica,
26 May 2026
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According to @zsneakerheadz and Sneaker Market Romania, the upcoming Air Foamposite One Realtree Camo will feature a Pink Grapefruit/Pink Grapefruit/Black colorway which is expected to feature a pink backdrop covered in the leafy tree print.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
23 May 2026
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Resembling a pair of interlocking white cubes, the structure strikes a provocative pose on its leafy suburban lot.—
Fred Albert,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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