The meaning of Overcrowd

verb

(of a person or animal) have severe difficulty in breathing because of a constricted or obstructed throat or a lack of air.

Usage examples:

Willie choked on a mouthful of tea

noun

A valve in the carburettor of a petrol engine that is used to reduce the amount of air in the fuel mixture when the engine is started.

Usage examples:

An automatic choke

noun

A sound produced by a person or animal having difficulty in breathing.

Usage examples:

A little choke of laughter

adjective

(of a road or place) so crowded with traffic or people as to hinder or prevent freedom of movement.

Usage examples:

The congested streets of the west end

verb

Crowd (a road or place) so as to hinder or prevent freedom of movement.

Usage examples:

Uncontrolled development will congest our streets

adjective

(of a space) full of people, leaving little or no room for movement; packed.

Usage examples:

A very crowded room

verb

(of a number of people) fill (a space) almost completely, leaving little or no room for movement.

Usage examples:

The dance floor was crowded with revellers

adjective

Full of people

Usage examples:

It’s a popular and often crowded place.

verb

Squeeze or pack tightly into a specified space.

Usage examples:

Four of us were jammed in one compartment

verb

Make (fruit) into jam.

noun

An instance of a thing seizing or becoming stuck.

Usage examples:

Paper jams

adjective

Flooding or flowing over a surface or area.

Usage examples:

An overflowing river swamped dozens of villages

verb

(especially of a liquid) flow over the brim of a receptacle.

Usage examples:

Chemicals overflowed from a storage tank

verb

Present participle of overflow

Usage examples:

The milk overflowed when i poured it into the jug., because of heavy rain, the river may overflow i…

adjective

Containing an excessive amount of something.

Usage examples:

An overfull cup of tea

adjective

Loaded with too great a burden or cargo.

Usage examples:

Overloaded vehicles

verb

Load with too great a burden or cargo.

Usage examples:

Both boats were overloaded and low in the water

adjective

(of a place) containing an excessive number of people.

Usage examples:

An increasingly overpeopled world

adjective

Having an excessively large population.

Usage examples:

Overpopulated industrial countries

verb

Populate (an area) in excessively large numbers.

Usage examples:

It was our duty to desist from overpopulating the planet

verb

Spread over or occupy (a place) in large numbers.

Usage examples:

The mediterranean has been overrun by tourists

noun

An instance of something exceeding an expected or allowed time or cost.

Usage examples:

The cost overrun caused the company's share price to fall

verb

To spread over an area quickly and in large numbers

Usage examples:

The city has become increasingly unpleasant because it is overrun with tourists.

adjective

Moving in or forming a large or dense group.

Usage examples:

Swarming locusts

verb

(of flying insects) move in or form a swarm.

Usage examples:

A plague of locusts swarmed across the countryside

verb

Present participle of swarm

Usage examples:

During the summer, tourists swarm the little beachside town.

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 52, a brittle, shiny, silvery-white metalloid resembling selenium and occurring mainly in small amounts in metallic sulphide ores.

noun

(in tonic sol-fa) the seventh note of a major scale.

The chemical element tellurium.

verb

(of a crowd) fill or be present in (a place or area).

Usage examples:

A crowd thronged the station

noun

A large, densely packed crowd of people or animals.

Usage examples:

He pushed his way through the throng

verb

Past simple and past participle of throng

Usage examples:

Crowds thronged the market place., the narrow streets were thronged with summer visitors., [ + to i…