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Vinony

overcrowd

verb

  1. crowd together too much
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Wiktionary

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English crowd English overcrowd From over- + crowd.

  1. To fill beyond reasonable limits, with people, animals, objects or information.

    “The host of business travellers between Bishops Stortford and London would scarcely take kindly to devious routing via the Southbury line; on the other hand, it is not desirable that they should overcrowd the business trains to and from Cambridge.”