Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cause to be excessively crowded.
- intransitive verb To crowd together excessively.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fill or crowd to excess, especially with human beings.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To crowd too much.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To fill beyond
desired limits, withpeople ,animals ,objects orinformation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause to crowd together too much
- verb crowd together too much
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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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They do not "overcrowd" and their value in the workplace is not any less than their male colleagues.
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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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Refugees fleeing Somalia overcrowd the Dadaab camp in Eastern Kenya and images of emaciated children stir media attention.
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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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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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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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Then they are steamed in batches so as not to overcrowd.
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Then they are steamed in batches so as not to overcrowd.
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