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overcrowd

o·ver·crowd

overcrowd

 
pronunciation:
o vr kraUd
features:
Word Combinations (verb)
part of speech: transitive verb & intransitive verb
inflections: overcrowds, overcrowding, overcrowded
definition: to crowd too many people or things into (a space).
similar words:
pack
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (v.)overcrowd largely, part, typically
(v.)overcrowd + nounHelp abuse, balloon, batch, breakdown, cause, challenge, classroom, condition, congestion, consequence, court, crime, criminal, crisis, emergency, facility, failure, funding, gang, host, housing, inmate, institution, jail, lack, lawsuit, management, matrix, order, pan, plan, pollution, poverty, prison, prisoner, problem, school, shortage, solution, space, stress, supervision, supply, taxpayer, tourist, traffic, unemployment, violence, weather, zoning  [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivation: overcrowded (adj.)