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overcrowing

overcrowing is the present participle and gerund of overcrow.

Meaning of overcrow

Verb

overcrow (third-person singular simple present overcrows, present participle overcrowing, simple past and past participle overcrowed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To take over.
    • The potent poison quite overcrows my spiritc. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To crow over, as in triumph.

Questions about overcrowing

What is overcrowing the present participle and gerund of?
Overcrowing is the present participle and gerund of overcrow.

Words near overcrowing in the dictionary

  1. overcrowders
  2. overcrowding
  3. overcrowdings
  4. overcrowds
  5. overcrowed
  6. overcrowing
  7. overcrows
  8. overcruel
  9. overcrust
  10. overcrusted
  11. overcrusting

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