Definition of Crowd

1. Noun. A large number of things or people considered together. "A crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"

Generic synonyms: Assemblage, Gathering
Specialized synonyms: Army, Crush, Jam, Press, Drove, Horde, Swarm, Huddle, Mob, Rabble, Rout, Phalanx, Flock, Troop

2. Verb. Cause to herd, drive, or crowd together. "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
Exact synonyms: Herd
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Specialized synonyms: Overcrowd
Derivative terms: Crowding, Herd, Herder

3. Noun. An informal body of friends. "He still hangs out with the same crowd"
Exact synonyms: Bunch, Crew, Gang
Generic synonyms: Assemblage, Gathering
Derivative terms: Gang

4. Verb. Fill or occupy to the point of overflowing. "The crowds crowd in the streets"; "The students crowded the auditorium"
Generic synonyms: Fill, Occupy
Derivative terms: Crowding

5. Verb. To gather together in large numbers. "Men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"
Exact synonyms: Crowd Together
Specialized synonyms: Mass, Overcrowd, Pour, Pullulate, Stream, Swarm, Teem, Herd, Jam, Mob, Pack, Pile, Throng
Generic synonyms: Assemble, Foregather, Forgather, Gather, Meet
Derivative terms: Crowding

6. Verb. Approach a certain age or speed. "She is pushing fifty"
Exact synonyms: Push
Generic synonyms: Approach, Come Near, Come On, Draw Close, Draw Near, Go Up, Near

Definition of Crowd

1. v. t. To push, to press, to shove.

2. v. i. To press together or collect in numbers; to swarm; to throng.

3. n. A number of things collected or closely pressed together; also, a number of things adjacent to each other.

4. n. An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow.

5. v. t. To play on a crowd; to fiddle.

Definition of Crowd

1. Verb. (transitive) To push, to press, to shove. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To press or drive together; to mass together. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably. ¹

5. Verb. (nautical) To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) To press together or collect in numbers; to swarm; to throng ¹

7. Verb. (intransitive) To urge or press forward; to force one's self; as, a man crowds into a room ¹

8. Verb. (nautical) (''of a square-rigged ship'') (transitive) To carry excessive sail ¹

9. Noun. A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order. ¹

10. Noun. Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other. ¹

11. Noun. (with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace, vulgar. ¹

12. Noun. A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest. ¹

13. Noun. (obsolete) A crwth, an Ancient Celtic plucked string instrument. ¹

14. Noun. (qualifier now dialectal) A fiddle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crowd

1. to press into an insufficient space [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crowd

crow eaters
crow garlic
crow pheasant
crow scarer
crow scarers
crow step
crowbait
crowbar
crowbar hotel
crowbarred
crowbarring
crowbars
crowberries
crowberry
crowberry family
crowd (current term)
crowd-pleaser
crowd-pleasers
crowd-poisoning
crowd-poisonings
crowd art
crowd catch
crowd control
crowd out
crowd surfer
crowd surfers
crowd surfing
crowd together
crowd up
crowded

Literary usage of Crowd

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"2The excitement of the crowd knows no bounds. ... ^Repeat "Mad"—The crowd sways. ^Strong movement. 6All hands up each time they call for the mil. ''Shouts. ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"After gratifying his curiosity, he backed out of the crowd and crossed the street car track, where he himself fell into the ditch and was injured. ..."

3. The Twentieth Century by Caroline Farrar Ware (1908)
"The present purpose of the organisers of a contested election is, on each side, to form the supporters of a party as quickly as possible into a crowd and, ..."

4. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"Look at this crowd" he says. "Those that ain't as cold as cucumbers" he ... The only sound is the sound of newsboys weaving in and out through the crowd. ..."

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