o|ver|grow

o|ver|grow
o|ver|grow «OH vuhr GROH», verb, -grew, -grown, -grow|ing.
–v.t.
1. to grow over: »

The wall is overgrown with vines.

2. to grow out of or beyond; outgrow: »

The rosebush has overgrown its support.

3. to outdo in growing; choke or replace by a more profuse growth: »

seeds of a new and rampant quality, which were destined to overgrow them all (Harriet Beecher Stowe).

–v.i.
to grow too fast; become too big.

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