overcrowd

[ oh-ver-kroud ]

/ ˌoʊ vərˈkraʊd /

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verb (used with or without object)

to crowd to an uncomfortable or undesirable excess.

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Origin of overcrowd

First recorded in 1760–70; over- + crowd¹

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How to use overcrowd in a sentence

On the Portrait Gallery side, the often-overcrowded presidential galleries benefit from visitor limits as well.
You have until Nov. 22 to visit these six Smithsonian museums. Here’s what to expect.|Kelsey Ables|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
One way to get around the issue of too many items overcrowding the plate is to limit yourself to just a few ingredients that offer a diverse range of contrasting profiles.
There’s a science to food pairing, and you can learn it here|Peter Coucquyt, Bernard Lahousse, and Johan Langenbick|October 22, 2020|Popular-Science
Walmart is opting for three separate, major sales events in November, rather than one big blowout around Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday to avoid overcrowding stores, a strategy followed by its close rival.
Target is setting up a reservations system to manage lines on peak holiday shopping days|Phil Wahba|October 22, 2020|Fortune
Bending time with technology, it turns out, is one of flexible density’s secret weapons for sharing the city without overcrowding.
The Self-Driving Car Is a Red Herring - Issue 92: Frontiers|Anthony Townsend|October 21, 2020|Nautilus

Researchers think Manaus’s epidemic may have been fueled by overcrowding, limited access to clean water, and reliance on crowded boat travel.
A Brazilian city may have achieved herd immunity to COVID-19—but not without a cost|Kate Baggaley|September 23, 2020|Popular-Science
Ippoliti says that the centers should close because many are overcrowded and unsafe.
In Rome’s Riots, Cries for Mussolini and Attacks on Refugees|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Overcrowded and strapped for workers, there was not a single medical facility that could take her.
Health Care Worker Pleads With UN: Help Ebola Victims Dying ‘Horrible, Undignified Death’|Abby Haglage|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The overcrowded school where the family had sought refuge was a scene of despair and squalor.
Under American Bombs in Gaza|Jesse Rosenfeld|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
None has ever left the narrow and overcrowded 40-kilometer strip of land called Gaza.
Israel Is Minting the Next Generation of Hate|Jesse Rosenfeld|July 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her voice trailed off and she looked out on to the road, overcrowded with traffic and dirty.
The Price of ‘Free’: Models Moonlighting as Escorts|Anonymous|March 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It would be like opening the windows upon a stuffy, overcrowded and unventilated room of disputing people.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The result is streets of overcrowded homes unsuitable for family life.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents|Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.
The homes were too small, too overcrowded to give social opportunity to the family.
The Leaven in a Great City|Lillian William Betts
She was born into a house probably overcrowded before she came into it; she slept, ate, lived with crowds.
The Leaven in a Great City|Lillian William Betts
The South has a milder climate, nature requires less labor for production, and the commercial centres are not overcrowded.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.

British Dictionary definitions for overcrowd

overcrowd

/ (ˌəʊvəˈkraʊd) /

verb

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

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