"overcrowd" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: overcrowds [present, singular, third-person], overcrowding [participle, present], overcrowded [participle, past], overcrowded [past]
Etymology: over- + crowd Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|crowd}} over- + crowd Head templates: {{en-verb}} overcrowd (third-person singular simple present overcrowds, present participle overcrowding, simple past and past participle overcrowded)
  1. To fill beyond reasonable limits, with people, animals, objects or information. Translations (to fill beyond reasonable limits): претъпквам (pretǎpkvam) (Bulgarian), túlzsúfol (Hungarian), túlnépesít (Hungarian), affollare (Italian), opuru (Maori), sobrelotar (Portuguese), superlotar (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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