overcrowd en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *grewt-der. Proto-Germanic *krūdaną Proto-West Germanic *krūdan Old English crūdan Middle English crouden English crowd English overcrowd From over- + crowd.
Meanings
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To fill beyond reasonable limits, with people, animals, objects or information.
The host of business travellers between Bishops Stortford and London would scarcely take kindly to devious routing via the Southbury line; on the other hand, it is not desirable that they should overcrowd the business trains to and from Cambridge.
1961 January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 19:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overcrowded | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overcrowded | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overcrowds | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overcrowding | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (12)
pl przepełniać (to fill beyond reasonable limits) · hu túlnépesít (to fill beyond reasonable limits) · pt sobrelotar (to fill beyond reasonable limits) · pl zatłaczać (to fill beyond reasonable limits) · bg претъпквам (to fill beyond reasonable limits) · mi opuru (to fill beyond reasonable limits) · es amuchar demasiadamente (to fill beyond reasonable limits) · hu túlzsúfol (to fill beyond reasonable limits) · pt superlotar (to fill beyond reasonable limits) · pl przepełnić (to fill beyond reasonable limits) · pl zatłoczyć (to fill beyond reasonable limits) · it affollare (to fill beyond reasonable limits)