Meanings
nounovergrowth (countable and uncountable, plural overgrowths)
plural overgrowths
- countableuncountableA usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else.
- countableuncountableA tangle of growth occurring at the top of trees involving vines and branches, common in jungles.
In desolate places where dank moisture breeds / The pipy Hemlock to strange overgrowth
1818, John Keats, “Book I”, in Endymion: A Poetic Romance, London: […] T[homas] Miller, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 14, line 241
- countableuncountableAn excessive growth or increase in numbers, as in a population of weeds or microbes.
- countableuncountableExcessive size; usually caused by over-production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
nounexcessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishgrowth
- Englishovergrowth
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APA
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“overgrowth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overgrowth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overgrowth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overgrowth.
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