overcrowd

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o·ver·crowd (

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v. o·ver·crowd·ed, o·ver·crowd·ing, o·ver·crowds

v.tr.

To cause to be excessively crowded: a system of consolidation that only overcrowded the classrooms.

v.intr.

To crowd together excessively.

overcrowd [ˌəʊvəˈkraʊd]

(tr) to fill (a room, vehicle, city, etc.) with more people or things than is desirable

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Verb	1.	overcrowd - cause to crowd together too much; "The students overcrowded the cafeteria" surcharge - fill to capacity with people; "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards" crowd, herd - cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
	2.	overcrowd - crowd together too much crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"

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