OVERPOPULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overpopulate mean? 

• OVERPOPULATE (verb)
  The verb OVERPOPULATE has 1 sense:

1. cause to have too great a population

  Familiarity information: OVERPOPULATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERPOPULATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they overpopulate    ... he / she / it overpopulates   
Past simple: overpopulated   
Past participle: overpopulated   
-ing form: overpopulating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to have too great a population

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated

Hypernyms (to "overpopulate" is one way to...):

dwell; inhabit; live; populate (be an inhabitant of or reside in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

overpopulation (too much population)

 Context examples 

I hadn't the faintest idea what "this matter" was, but I was more annoyed than interested. I hadn't asked Jordan to tea in order to discuss Mr. Jay Gatsby. I was sure the request would be something utterly fantastic and for a moment I was sorry I'd ever set foot upon his overpopulated lawn.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)