Definition of Overgrew

1. Verb. (simple past of overgrow) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overgrew

1. overgrow [v] - See also: overgrow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overgrew

overgrace
overgraced
overgrade
overgraded
overgrades
overgrading
overgrafting
overgraze
overgrazed
overgrazes
overgrazing
overgreat
overgreatness
overgreedy
overgrew (current term)
overgroom
overgroomed
overgrooming
overgrooms
overgross
overground
overgrow
overgrowing
overgrown
overgrownness
overgrows
overgrowth
overgrowth syndromes
overgrowths

Literary usage of Overgrew

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1834)
"Next, I think, as to the Curragh jockeys, came Cleary, already mentioned, and inferior to none, but that he overgrew himself, and was from the start too ..."

2. A new dictionary of the Italian and English languages, based upon that of by John Davenport, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti, Guglielmo Comelati (1854)
"overgrew, pass, del verbo to overgrow. ... va (pass, overgrew, part, overgrown,) 1. coprir d'erba, di piante, ..."

3. Our Animal Friends: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1893)
"Goat-like, he scrambled up to the top of the rock, through the wild roses that overgrew its base, and nibbled at the inviting paper. ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"Normal cells present in the same fields produced colonies which overgrew the involution forms. Azotobacter and Plant Growth.—It was decided to test the ..."

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