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- verb Present participle of
overcrow .
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Examples
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Now I know why they call it overcrowing, or is it all about who owns Broadway Commons?
Things I'm Working On... Nathaniel Livingston 2005
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Weak control at all levels of management, frequent teacher and pupil absenteeism and overcrowing in classrooms were the main factors identified as causing poor results.
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Mr Niehaus said overcrowing in prisons had played a part in the government's decision to grant the amnesty.
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In fact, there is need to control the Tilapia population in fish ponds, otherwise overcrowing will cause stunted growth and poor harvests of large fish.
Chapter 12 1982
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He loves bright colours, he easily becomes audacious, overcrowing, full of fanfaronade.
Celtic Literature Matthew Arnold 1855
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