undergrownadj.

Etymology: under- prefix¹ 2a(a), 5(a)Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: underˈgrown.

1. Imperfectly grown or developed.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > dwarfed, stunted, or imperfectly grown

undergrownc1405

dwarf1600

dwarfy1603

grubby1611

stunted1658

dwarfed1671

urled1691

scrogged1814

stunty1828

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 156 She hadde a fair forheed It was almoost a spanne brood I trowe For hardily she was nat vndergrowe.

†2. Showing signs of puberty. Obsolete.

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the world > people > person > young person > [adjective] > adolescent

adolescent1481

undergrown1601

pubescent1646

halfling1801

halflang1805

teenish1811

halfling1815

teening1818

puberala1856

puberate1880

pre-adult1899

teenage1912

teenaged1913

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 345 As well men as women-kind,..when they are come to fourteene yeares of age, and be under~growne.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxvi. iii. 287 He had put forth a sonne of his, scarce undergrowne, unto a Sorcerer.

3. Furnished with an undergrowth.

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the world > plants > plants collectively > [adjective] > forming or having undergrowth

undergrowinga1586

undergrown1895

understorey1975

1895 Westm. Gaz. 14 Aug. 3/1 A thicket of thorn trees, undergrown with long dried-up grass.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	undergrown
释义	undergrownadj. Etymology: under- prefix¹ 2a(a), 5(a)Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: underˈgrown. 1. Imperfectly grown or developed. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > dwarfed, stunted, or imperfectly grown undergrownc1405 dwarf1600 dwarfy1603 grubby1611 stunted1658 dwarfed1671 urled1691 scrogged1814 stunty1828 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 156 She hadde a fair forheed It was almoost a spanne brood I trowe For hardily she was nat vndergrowe. †2. Showing signs of puberty. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [adjective] > adolescent adolescent1481 undergrown1601 pubescent1646 halfling1801 halflang1805 teenish1811 halfling1815 teening1818 puberala1856 puberate1880 pre-adult1899 teenage1912 teenaged1913 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 345 As well men as women-kind,..when they are come to fourteene yeares of age, and be under~growne. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxvi. iii. 287 He had put forth a sonne of his, scarce undergrowne, unto a Sorcerer. 3. Furnished with an undergrowth. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > plants collectively > [adjective] > forming or having undergrowth undergrowinga1586 undergrown1895 understorey1975 1895 Westm. Gaz. 14 Aug. 3/1 A thicket of thorn trees, undergrown with long dried-up grass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.c1405
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