Word Finder - crowd

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

example

After the movie let out, a crowd of people pushed through the exit doors.

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

example

There was a crowd of toys pushed beneath the couch where the children were playing.

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

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

example

That obscure author's fans were a nerdy crowd which hardly ever interacted before the Internet age.

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To press forward; to advance by pushing.

example

The man crowded into the packed room.

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To press together or collect in numbers

example

They crowded through the archway and into the park.

synonyms

• crowd in
• swarm
• throng

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To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.

example

He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen.

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To fill by pressing or thronging together

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(often used with "out of" or "off") To push, to press, to shove.

example

They tried to crowd her off the sidewalk.

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To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.

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(of a square-rigged ship) To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.

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To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.