crowd
/kɹaʊd/
noun
Meaning
A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
"After the movie let out, a crowd of people pushed through the exit doors."
Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.
"There was a crowd of toys pushed beneath the couch where the children were playing."
(with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace, vulgar.
A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.
"That obscure author's fans were a nerdy crowd which hardly ever interacted before the Internet age."
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verb
Meaning
To press forward; to advance by pushing.
"The man crowded into the packed room."
To press together or collect in numbers
"They crowded through the archway and into the park."
To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.
"He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen."
To fill by pressing or thronging together
(often used with "out of" or "off") To push, to press, to shove.
"They tried to crowd her off the sidewalk."
To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.
(of a square-rigged ship) To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.
To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.
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