Wondering how to use Overgrow in a sentence? Below are 4 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as turn or grow.
Overgrow meaning
- To grow beyond one's boundaries or containment, or beyond the proper size.
- To grow over; (of one thing) to cause (a second thing) to become overgrown (with or by the first thing).
Using Overgrow
- The main meaning on this page is: To grow beyond one's boundaries or containment, or beyond the proper size. | To grow over; (of one thing) to cause (a second thing) to become overgrown (with or by the first thing).
- Useful related words include: change state, turn, grow over, grow.
- In the example corpus, overgrow often appears in combinations such as: can overgrow.
Context around Overgrow
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overgrow
- In this selection, "overgrow" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, initially stand out and add context to how "overgrow" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include axons initially overgrow and then and that can overgrow during the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overgrow" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overgrow
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bushes are another part of your garden that can overgrow during the Winter months. (14 words)
In many parts of the brain, axons initially "overgrow", and then are "pruned" by mechanisms that depend on neural activity. (20 words)
After the ship set sail Dionysus invoked his divine powers, causing vines to overgrow the ship where the mast and sails had been. (23 words)
These smaller fires act as a kind of incendiary rake, clearing ou grasses, shrubs and other plant matter before they can overgrow to become fuel for bigger, more extreme fires. (30 words)
After the ship set sail Dionysus invoked his divine powers, causing vines to overgrow the ship where the mast and sails had been. (23 words)
In many parts of the brain, axons initially "overgrow", and then are "pruned" by mechanisms that depend on neural activity. (20 words)
Example sentences (4)
Bushes are another part of your garden that can overgrow during the Winter months.
These smaller fires act as a kind of incendiary rake, clearing ou grasses, shrubs and other plant matter before they can overgrow to become fuel for bigger, more extreme fires.
After the ship set sail Dionysus invoked his divine powers, causing vines to overgrow the ship where the mast and sails had been.
In many parts of the brain, axons initially "overgrow", and then are "pruned" by mechanisms that depend on neural activity.
Common combinations with overgrow
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: