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grass-grown en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Covered with or overgrown with grass.
   • There are numerous sheds in the now grass-grown yard, most of which now house threshing machines and farm carts instead of locomotives and rolling stock, although [in] the roofs of some are gaping holes. 1941 June, “Notes and News: The Derelict Glyn Valley Tramway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 279–280:
   • Then came the Great War, the Irish troubles, and the diversion of most of the American traffic to Southampton; the new construction was promptly dropped, and only grass-grown earthworks and cuttings now remain. 1939 September, T. R. Perkins, “The G.W.R. in West Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 200:
   • [...] Camerton Colliery has closed down and the railway sidings here are empty and grass-grown; [...]. 1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 603:

Relateds

moss-grown