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v. To grow over with herbage or foliage.

v. To grow beyond or too large for.

verb-intransitive. To grow beyond normal or usual size.

verb-intransitive. To become grown over, as with unwanted vegetation or weeds.

v. To grow beyond one's boundaries or containments.

v. To grow over; (of one thing) to cause (a second thing) to become overgrown (with or by the first thing).

v. To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that which is rank.

v. To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress.

verb-intransitive. To grow beyond the fit or natural size; to grow too large.

To cover with growth or herbage.

To grow beyond; rise above; grow too big for; outgrow.

To overcome; weigh down; oppress.

To grow beyond the fit or natural size.

v. become overgrown

v. grow beyond or across

v. grow too large

"Nervous attempts to treat it with antibiotics are problematic for two reasons: first, because they often suppress benign bacteria in the gut, thus allowing this E. coli to overgrow and flourish; second because if the E. coli is actually killed by the antibiotic, it releases the toxin and leads to the very complications that doctors are trying to avoid."

overgrew    overgrowing    overgrown    overgrows   

turn    change state    grow    surpass    transcend   

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