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crowded in

crowded in is the simple past and past participle of crowd in.

Meaning of crowd in

Verb

crowd in (third-person singular simple present crowds in, present participle crowding in, simple past and past participle crowded in)

  1. (transitive) To squeeze a large number of people in a small space.
    • If we're all going to fit in this elevator, we're going to have to crowd in!
  2. (intransitive) To close in and come to surround.
    • The walls are crowding in on him.1949, 51:40 from the start, in The Red Menace, spoken by narrator
  3. (transitive) To increase investment in the private sector by investing public sector funds.
    Antonyms:
    crowd out

Questions about crowded in

What is crowded in the simple past and past participle of?
Crowded in is the simple past and past participle of crowd in.

Words near crowded in in the dictionary

  1. crowd-source
  2. crowd-sourced
  3. crowd-sources
  4. crowd-sourcing
  5. crowded
  6. crowded in
  7. crowded in on
  8. crowded out
  9. crowded sail
  10. crowded together
  11. crowded up

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