The garden was overgrown with weeds.
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Overgrown
Synonyms for "overgrown" (146 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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Adjective(13 words)
Noun(1 words)
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9 entriesdescriptorgrowthgrowth descriptorgrowth morphologyplant growthpropertyscale descriptorsurface morphologyvegetation growth
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13 entriesdense foliagedense growthepitaxial layergrass overgrowthlayered crystalovergrowthproliferationshrub overgrowthsurface filmtangleundergrowthvine overgrowthweed proliferation
Collocations
10 entriesdense overgrowthgrass overgrowthhedge overgrowthivy overgrowthovergrown brushovergrown gardenovergrown hedgesovergrown lawnovergrown vegetationvine overgrowth
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2 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The garden at Tom's house was heavily overgrown. For over a year no one had bothered to look after it anymore.
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The property was almost completely overgrown with wild blackberry bushes.
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The garden became overgrown.
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