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overcrowd

/ˌoʊvɚkɹˈaʊd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
over-crowd
IPA
/ˌoʊvɚkɹˈaʊd/
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Example Sentences

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- Proto-Indo-European *grewt-der. Proto-Germanic *krūdaną Proto-West Germanic *krūdan Old English crūdan Middle English crouden English crowd English overcrowd From over- + crowd.

Inflected Forms

overcrowds (present, singular) overcrowding (participle, present) overcrowded (participle, past) overcrowded (past)

Derived Forms

overcrowder

Rhymes With

allowed proud crowd loud cloud aloud endowed how'd vowed bowed macleod shroud

Questions

How do you pronounce overcrowd?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌoʊvɚkɹˈaʊd/.
What does overcrowd mean?
To fill beyond reasonable limits, with people, animals, objects or information.
Where does overcrowd come from?
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- Proto-Indo-European *grewt-der. Proto-Germanic *krūdaną Proto-West Germanic *krūdan Old English crūdan Middle English crouden English crowd English overcrowd From over- + crowd.

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