Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- transitive v. To cause to be excessively crowded: a system of consolidation that only overcrowded the classrooms.
- intransitive v. To crowd together excessively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. To fill beyond desired limits, with people, animals, objects or information.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- transitive v. To crowd too much.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To fill or crowd to excess, especially with human beings.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. cause to crowd together too much
- v. crowd together too much
Etymologies
Examples
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They do not "overcrowd" and their value in the workplace is not any less than their male colleagues.
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When cooking them, Ms. Lo advises home cooks not to overcrowd the pan and to make sure the pan is quite hot.
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If need be, cook scallops in batches so as not to overcrowd the pan.
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Then they are steamed in batches so as not to overcrowd.
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Refugees fleeing Somalia overcrowd the Dadaab camp in Eastern Kenya and images of emaciated children stir media attention.
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Add the flour-dredged veal, making sure not to overcrowd - you may need to do this in 2 or even 3 batches.
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Drop the sliced wonton wrappers into the oil in small batches, making sure not to overcrowd!
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That proposal came under fire from critics who feared the plan would lead to influx of new residents that would overcrowd the village and overwhelm local schools.
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Following in the footsteps of his non-witch party-mate Christine O'Donnell, Johnson reassures us that he is not a lawyer, lest we continue to recklessly overcrowd our nation's highest law-making body with people who went to law school.
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