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Definition of Overcrowd
1. Verb. Cause to crowd together too much. "The students overcrowded the cafeteria"
2. Verb. Crowd together too much.
Definition of Overcrowd
1. v. t. To crowd too much.
Definition of Overcrowd
1. Verb. To fill beyond desired limits, with people, animals, objects or information. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overcrowd
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcrowd
Literary usage of Overcrowd
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Referring to the place in which things or persona ore brought or placed too close
together: spec, pack, jam, cram, wedge, overcrowd, overcharge, throng, ..."
2. Vandyck by M G. Smallwood (1904)
"... His first important work—A tendency to overcrowd the canvas—Vandyck and Rubens
decorate the new church of the Jesuits at Antwerp—The romantic ' story of ..."
3. Annual Report by John H. Delaney (1915)
"Building Designed to Relieve overcrowding, Serve Only to Further overcrowd Knowing
the overcrowded condition of the hospital and having a vivid recollection ..."
4. Report ...: With an Appendix by Great Britain (1857)
"... him to overcrowd his establishment, in total disregard of the Law is , • • « .
i • - , . ... overcrowd ..."
5. The Crowd in Peace and War by William Martin Conway (1915)
"When, however, an overcrowd is formed, which embraces and contains two or more
subordinate crowds, the mutual hostility of these subordinate crowds remains ..."
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