crowded

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  1. adjective Filled near or to capacity: a crowded bus.
  2. adjective Filled with a crowd: a crowded plaza.
  3. adjective Filled to such an extent as to be detrimental to the inhabitants: "By the mid-1800s children were being transported on 'orphan trains' from crowded eastern slums and institutions to the West” (Mary-Lou Weisman).

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  • The bar was not crowded, and Bartholomew stood at the far end. —  The Short Forever
  • At Saratoga we found the United States Hotel crowded, and Mr. Bruce took one of the cottages belonging to the hotel. —  Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
  • The channel wasn't too crowded-- one or two fishing boats, a half dozen speedboats. —  F ;SF; - vol 089 issue 03 - September 1995
  • I dare not form the flattering idea that my name had any share in the success of the performance; still the house was crowded, and the receipts more than covered the price of a substitute. —  Memoirs of Robert-Houdin
  • The salons were crowded, and politics was the theme. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 2 of 14
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crowded:   crowd ·  crowds ·  Crowd ·  crowding
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