Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overgrow
Participle: overgrown
Gerund: overgrowing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overgrow |
| you | overgrow |
| he;she;it | overgrows |
| we | overgrow |
| you | overgrow |
| they | overgrow |
Perfect
| I | have overgrown |
| you | have overgrown |
| he;she;it | has overgrown |
| we | have overgrown |
| you | have overgrown |
| they | have overgrown |
Past
| I | overgrew |
| you | overgrew |
| he;she;it | overgrew |
| we | overgrew |
| you | overgrew |
| they | overgrew |
Pluperfect
| I | had overgrown |
| you | had overgrown |
| he;she;it | had overgrown |
| we | had overgrown |
| you | had overgrown |
| they | had overgrown |
Future
| I | will overgrow |
| you | will overgrow |
| he;she;it | will overgrow |
| we | will overgrow |
| you | will overgrow |
| they | will overgrow |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overgrown |
| you | will have overgrown |
| he;she;it | will have overgrown |
| we | will have overgrown |
| you | will have overgrown |
| they | will have overgrown |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overgrow |
| you | overgrow |
| he;she;it | overgrow |
| we | overgrow |
| you | overgrow |
| they | overgrow |
Perfect
| I | have overgrown |
| you | have overgrown |
| he;she;it | have overgrown |
| we | have overgrown |
| you | have overgrown |
| they | have overgrown |
Imperfect
| I | overgrew |
| you | overgrew |
| he;she;it | overgrew |
| we | overgrew |
| you | overgrew |
| they | overgrew |
Pluperfect
| I | had overgrown |
| you | had overgrown |
| he;she;it | had overgrown |
| we | had overgrown |
| you | had overgrown |
| they | had overgrown |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overgrow |
| you | would overgrow |
| he;she;it | would overgrow |
| we | would overgrow |
| you | would overgrow |
| they | would overgrow |
Perfect
| I | would have overgrown |
| you | would have overgrown |
| he;she;it | would have overgrown |
| we | would have overgrown |
| you | would have overgrown |
| they | would have overgrown |
Imperative
| you | overgrow |
| we | Let's overgrow |
| you | overgrow |
Verbs similar to 'overgrow'
overbrow,
overcrow,
overglow,
overtrow,
overblow,
overbow,
overbrew,
overbrown,
overcrop,
overcrowd,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *úp
3. Proto-Indo-European *-er
4. Proto-Indo-European *upér
5. Proto-Germanic *uber
6. Old English ofer-
7. Middle English over-
8. English over-
9. English grow
10. English overgrow
11. From over- + grow.
Sample Sentences
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[...] but the soil has been exhausted by the system of employing a great amount of slave labour in forcing crops, without strengthening the land: and it is now little better than a sandy desert overgrown with trees. Dreary and uninteresting as its aspect is, I was glad to the heart to find anything on which one of the curses of this horrible institution has fallen; and had greater pleasure in [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] for a few minutes, maybe to take in wood, maybe for passengers, at some small town or village (I ought to say city, every place is a city here ); but the banks are for the most part deep solitudes, overgrown with trees, which, hereabouts, are already in leaf and very green. For miles, and miles, and miles, these solitudes are unbroken by any sign of human life or trace of human footstep; nor is [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)