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Overgrow Common

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Overgrow has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

grow too large

2

become overgrown

"The patio overgrew with ivy"

3

grow beyond or across

"The ivy overgrew the patio"

4

To grow beyond one's boundaries or containment, or beyond the proper size.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
exceed change state grow
Rhyming Words
row prow grow arow brow frow crow trow mrow drow shrow scrow serow karow arrow throw strow ingrow narrow garrow
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