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OVERCROWD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Crowd together too much

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "overcrowd" is one way to...):

crowd; crowd together (to gather together in large numbers)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

over-crowding (excessive crowding)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to crowd together too much

Example:

The students overcrowded the cafeteria

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "overcrowd" is one way to...):

crowd; herd (cause to herd, drive, or crowd together)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overcrowd"):

surcharge (fill to capacity with people)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

over-crowding (excessive crowding)

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