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Definition of Crowding

1. Noun. A situation in which people or things are crowded together. "He didn't like the crowding on the beach"

Definition of Crowding

1. Verb. (present participle of crowd) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crowding

1. crowd [v] - See also: crowd

Medical Definition of Crowding

1. An orthodontic problem caused by having too many teeth in two small of a space. (08 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crowding

Literary usage of Crowding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin by University of Wisconsin (1908)
"The effect of crowding is also marked. The death rate is higher in the densely ... In the great cities, however, over-crowding may be necessary in our ..."

2. Life and Labour of the People in London by Charles Booth (1897)
"OUR attempt to connect the evidence as to poverty based upon crowding with that obtained as to remuneration in each trade, has met with only partial success ..."

3. Correctional Boot Camps: A Tough Intermediate Sanction edited by Doris L. MacKenzie, Eugene E. Herbert (1996)
"Prison boot camps reduce crowding only undera limited ... reduce prison crowding boot camps must recr.at offenders who otherwise would be : imprisoned, ..."

4. The Modern Factory: Safety, Sanitation and Welfare by George Moses Price (1914)
"The three main causes of the spread of fires, are (1) the congestion of area built upon and the crowding of buildings upon certain areas; ..."

5. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"The wounded could be seen at the windows of the houses, and were crowding the yards and streets. Screams, oaths, and blows ..."

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