Overgrew
[,əʊvə'ɡruː]
Definition
(imp.) of Overgrow
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Examples
- Time, however, overgrew this softness with the rough bark of manhood, and but few knew how living and fresh it still lay at the core. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It showed no variation but of tint: green, where rush and moss overgrew the marshes; black, where the dry soil bore only heath. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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