Definition
Overgrown; covered with growth or vegetation; grown over or past a certain point.
Etymology
From be- (prefix) + grown (past participle of grow, from Old English growan). The word suggests something that has grown beyond its intended or original state.
Kelly Says
Medieval English loved 'begrown' to describe wild, neglected places—a begrown garden was one where nature had taken over completely. It suggests nature's power to reclaim human spaces.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እንደ ሰው
en-deh se-w
BNবাংলা
বৃদ্ধি
b-r-id-dhi
CACatalà
creixent
kre-i-xent
CSČeština
rozrůstlý
ro-zoo-st-ly
DADansk
voksende
voks-en-deh
DEDeutsch
überwachsen
oo-ber-zah-ssen
ELΕλληνικά
πλούσιος
plo-see-os
ESEspañol
crecido
kre-si-doh
FISuomi
kukkasten
ku-k-kasten
FRFrançais
envahi
on-vah-ee
HIहिन्दी
बढ़ा हुआ
ba-d-ha-hoo-a
HUMagyar
túllép
too-ll-lep
IDBahasa Indonesia
tumbuh
tum-buh
ITItaliano
coperto di vegetazione
ko-per-toh dee ve-zhe-ta-tsyo-neh
MSBahasa Melayu
tumbuh
tum-buh
NLNederlands
begroeid
be-gro-eid
NONorsk
voksende
voks-en-deh
PLPolski
zarosły
za-ros-ly
PTPortuguês
crescido
kre-si-doh
RORomână
împătat
im-pa-tat
RUРусский
overgrown
o-ver-gro-wen
SWKiswahili
kuziba
koo-zee-ba
TAதமிழ்
வளர்ந்த
va-lar-nth
TEతెలుగు
వృద్ధి
v-r-d-dhi
THไทย
เจริญเติบโต
je-ri-en-tep-to
TRTürkçe
yükselmiş
yük-sel-miş
UKУкраїнська
зростаючий
zro-sta-y-u-chiy