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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley