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crowded

(krouˈdĭd)

adjective
  1. Filled near or to capacity: a crowded bus.
  2. Filled with a crowd: a crowded plaza.
  3. Filled to such an extent as to be detrimental to the inhabitants: “By the mid-1800s children were being transported on ‘orphan trains’ from crowded eastern slums and institutions to the West” (Mary-Lou Weisman).

Related Forms:

  • crowdˈedˌness noun

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