overgrew

It was easy to recognise the steps of a staircase, beneath the roots, creepers, and brambles that overgrew them.

From the tangle of roses, sweet fern and bayberry that overgrew the fields the note of a thrush rose clear on the quiet air.

Running rose-bushes, just leafing out into their fall greenery, overgrew the pillars beside her.

He waved his hand in farewell and disappeared in the tall grass that overgrew the banks of the stream.

The one which lived for the longest time became quite large and overgrew the stock of the wild hazel.