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overcrowd

oh ver krowd

  • v  cause to crowd together too much
    The students overcrowded the cafeteria
  • v  crowd together too much

  • Our solutions to all other world problems will fail if too many people are allowed to overcrowd the globe.
  • In Washington, the Ralph Burlesons and their seven children, barred from a six-room house because they would "overcrowd" it, snuggled together in a one-room flat.
  • Unwelcome in many localities, the new minority groups cluster together and overcrowd their neighborhoods, forcing out white families.
News & Articles

  • Despite rezoning, some Seminole schools still overcrowded
    The rezoning of Seminole County elementary schools was supposed to level out enrollments, but some schools already are overcrowded for the start of the new school year next month.        
    July 14, 2013 - Orlando Sentinel
  • Despite rezoning, some Seminole schools overcrowded
    SANFORD — The rezoning of Seminole County elementary schools was supposed to level out enrollments, but some schools already are overcrowded for the start of the new school year next month.
    July 14, 2013 - Orlando Sentinel
Quotes

  • Jacques Martin in Boston Herald
    That leaves some spots as well for kids,Martin said. "We don't want to overcrowd our roster. At the same time, we want to have enough depth."
  • Naledi Pandor in The Times
    We are going to offer classes at study centres to young people who need to be assisted to complete their matric. We will have limits on the number of subjects they can do,said Naledi Pandor. "We don't want to overcrowd Grade 12 classes...

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