<p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to grow over; cover with a growth of something.</li><li>to grow beyond, grow too large for, or outgrow.</li><li>to outdo in growing; choke or supplant by a more exuberant growth.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>to grow to excess; grow too large: When the vegetable overgrows, it tends to be woody.</li><li>to become grown over, as with weeds: An untended garden will quickly overgrow.</li></ul>