overgrow
Use Overgrow in a sentence
vərˈgroʊ, ˈoʊ verb (used with object)
1.
to grow over; cover with a growth of something.
2.
to grow beyond, grow too large for, or outgrow.
3.
to outdo in growing; choke or supplant by a more exuberant growth.
verb (used without object)
4.
to grow to excess; grow too large: When the vegetable overgrows, it tends to be woody.
5.
to become grown over, as with weeds: An untended garden will quickly overgrow.
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overgrow (ˌəʊvəˈɡrəʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -grows, -growing, -grew, -grown | |
| 1. | (tr) to grow over or across (an area, path, lawn, etc) |
| 2. | (tr) to choke or supplant by a stronger growth |
| 3. | (tr) to grow too large for |
| 4. | (intr) to grow beyond normal size |
| 'overgrowth | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
These well-armored echinoderms help maintain reefs by consuming fast-growing algae that can overgrow corals.
Without parrotfish there, these plants overgrow the corals and take up space on the reef.
But since dewclaws don't come in direct contact with surfaces, the nail can quickly overgrow.
The nettles that methodically overgrow the abandoned homesteads of exiles.
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