Associations to the word «Overgrow»

Wiktionary

OVERGROW, verb. (intransitive) To grow beyond one's boundaries or containment.
OVERGROW, verb. (transitive) To grow over; (of one thing) to cause (a second thing) to become overgrown (with or by the first thing).

Dictionary definition

OVERGROW, verb. Grow too large.
OVERGROW, verb. Become overgrown; "The patio overgrew with ivy".
OVERGROW, verb. Grow beyond or across; "The ivy overgrew the patio".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats