Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for overcrowd. Search instead for over+crowd.
Definitions

overcrowd

[oh-ver-kroud] / ˌoʊ vərˈkraʊd /








Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

You want all of the toppings and additions to highlight the rice, not overcrowd or overwhelm it.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2025

Don’t overcrowd an entry with too much furniture.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023

However, Roger Benn, co-chair of Hebden Royd Business Forum, says there's a fine balance to be sought so as not to overcrowd the now-famous valley.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2023

“I don’t even know if it’s possible to overcrowd your way into buying a house anywhere in L.A. when every house is $1 million,” Fulton said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2022

He had attached a glass handle to the metal rod, and we were compelled to overcrowd upon the metal as we could not pass through the glass handle.

From Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion by Gibson, Charles R. (Charles Robert)




Vocabulary lists containing overcrowd


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "overcrowd" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com