Overcrams

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Packs a space, container or schedule with far more people, objects or tasks than it can reasonably hold
2. Stuffs something beyond its sensible capacity so that it becomes crowded, congested or overloaded
3. Jams too much into a limited place or period, leaving it overfull and difficult to manage comfortably

Etymology: "Overcrams" is the third-person singular present form of "overcram," a verb meaning to fill something too full or to cram too much into it. The verb is built from the prefix "over-" attached to "cram," so it adds the sense of excess to the older word. "Cram" is the root that does the real work. It goes back to Old English "crammian," meaning to stuff or fill tightly, and it is closely related to the older sense of pressing things together into a space that is already full. Adding "over-," a prefix with a long productive history in English meaning "too much" or "beyond," produces a verb that describes cramming beyond the point where anything fits.

Synonyms: overloads, overstuffs, crams, overfills, packs

Antonyms: empties, unloads, vacates