Meaning

7 senses
  1. Of or pertaining to invasion; offensive.

    involving invasion or aggressive attack

  2. (also, figuratively)That invades a foreign country using military force; also, militarily aggressive.

  3. (broadly)Intrusive on one's privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.

  4. (broadly)Originating externally.

  5. (broadly)Of an organism: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies, often to the detriment of native species or of food or garden flora and fauna.

    an invasive species

    invasiv

  6. (broadly)Of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body.

    invasiv

    инвазивныйinvazivnyj

  7. (broadly)Of a carcinoma or other abnormal growth: that invades healthy tissue, especially rapidly.

    marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue

Examples

41 sentences
  1. Outdoors, English ivy is considered invasive.

  2. Gunter didn't want to be invasive.

  3. Sami's stepdad didn't want to be too invasive.

  4. Ivy is very invasive and tolerant of shade.

  5. The English ivy is considered an invasive species.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies:

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