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overpeopling

overpeopling is the present participle and gerund of overpeople.

Meaning of overpeople

Verb

overpeople (third-person singular simple present overpeoples, present participle overpeopling, simple past and past participle overpeopled)

  1. (transitive) To people too densely; overpopulate.
    • The drones are killed at the end of summer, but the queen and great part of the workers remain ; and when, in the summer, they increase so much as to overpeople the hive, colonies are sent forth with young queens, in search of another habitation.1868, David Meredith Reese, Fundamentals of Zoology, page 349

Questions about overpeopling

What is overpeopling the present participle and gerund of?
Overpeopling is the present participle and gerund of overpeople.

Words near overpeopling in the dictionary

  1. overpenetration
  2. overpensive
  3. overpeople
  4. overpeopled
  5. overpeoples
  6. overpeopling
  7. overpepper
  8. overpeppered
  9. overpeppering
  10. overpeppers
  11. overperceive

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