Overcrowd
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overcrowd is a verb meaning To fill beyond reasonable limits, with people, animals, objects or information.
Meaning
To fill beyond reasonable limits, with people, animals, objects or information.
Example Sentences
The host of business travellers between Bishops Stortford and London would scarcely take kindly to devious routing via the Southbury line; on the other hand, it is not desirable that they should overcrowd the business trains to and from Cambridge.
Word Forms
- overcrowds
- overcrowding
- overcrowded
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overpopulate, overfill, overpeople, overburden, overcram, overflow.
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