# overgrow

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To grow beyond one's boundaries or containment, or beyond the proper size.
2. To grow over; (of one thing) to cause (a second thing) to become overgrown (with or by the first thing).

## Etymology
From over- + grow.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/overgrow