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Definition of Crowd

1. Verb. Cause to herd, drive, or crowd together. "We herded the children into a spare classroom"

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

3. Verb. Fill or occupy to the point of overflowing. "The crowds crowd in the streets"; "The students crowded the auditorium"

4. Noun. An informal body of friends. "He still hangs out with the same crowd"

5. Verb. To gather together in large numbers. "Men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"

6. Verb. Approach a certain age or speed. "She is pushing fifty"

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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