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(ō′vər kro̵ud′)

transitive verb

to crowd with too many people or things

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verb o·ver·crowd·ed, o·ver·crowd·ing, o·ver·crowds

verb, transitive

To cause to be excessively crowded: a system of consolidation that only overcrowded the classrooms.

verb, intransitive

To crowd together excessively.

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