GROW OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grow over mean? 

• GROW OVER (verb)
  The verb GROW OVER has 1 sense:

1. grow beyond or across

  Familiarity information: GROW OVER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GROW OVER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grow beyond or across

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

grow over; overgrow

Context example:

The ivy overgrew the patio

Hypernyms (to "grow over" is one way to...):

grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

 Context examples 

Although the asteroids often are destroyed, some grow over time and transform into proto-planets.

(Spitzer Telescope Witnesses Asteroid Smashup, NASA)