Word Finder - crowd

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The man crowded into the packed room.

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To press together or collect in numbers

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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.

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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.

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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.

The crowd began to cheer.

The crowd had dispersed, so they turned toward the only hotel in town.

I grabbed a hot dog with sauerkraut at a stand nearby and watched the theater crowd exit the latest block buster show.

The crowd cheered as one and the parade began.

Her gaze passed over the faces in the crowd across the street.

Several people in the crowd rushed at the coachman.

Dean looked around the crowd but couldn't spot her.

The crowd moved on again.

A dozen of them smashed together and tumbled to the ground, and seeing his success Jim kicked again and again, charging into the vegetable crowd, knocking them in all directions and sending the others scattering to escape his iron heels.

Order them not to crowd together.

Most of the boys she dated would never have thought of practicing the age-old custom of walking around the car to open her door, or guiding her through the crowd with a gentle hand on one elbow.

The crowd was screaming, the torches blinding.

He took her hand and led her through the crowd at a steady pace.

The crowd of people really had made the house stuffy.

It gives you a hint why the whole crowd wants to carve up Mr. Baratto a piece at a time.

See, here's an officer jammed in too-- different voices were saying in the crowd, as the men looked at one another, and all pressed toward the exit from the bridge.

In another flash of lightning, she saw a form dart from the hallway, around the stunned crowd, towards her.

Again the crowd of members of the suite and street gazers (among whom was Rostov) moved nearer to the Emperor.

She faced her father, not expecting to see the small crowd of people on the other side of the monument.

The crowd was respectable although it looked smaller due to the large size of the building.

Kiera made her way through the crowd to an area with far fewer people.

Then a little man jumped out of the basket, took off his tall hat, and bowed very gracefully to the crowd of Mangaboos around him.

Dolokhov who was in the midst of the crowd forced his way to the edge of the dam, throwing two soldiers off their feet, and ran onto the slippery ice that covered the millpool.

The wagons escorted by the hussars drew up to the picket ropes and a crowd of hussars surrounded them.

He wriggled through the crowd to her, looking past her at the chasm and the woman sobbing beside it.

On his way home from Vorontsovo, as he was passing the Bolotnoe Place Pierre, seeing a large crowd round the Lobnoe Place, stopped and got out of his trap.

The crowd jeered more loudly at their approach.

The children who crowd these grimy alleys, half-clad and underfed, shrink away from your outstretched hand as if from a blow.

The crowd erupted in cheers and applause.

I drove over to Greenbriar Road 'cause I figured I'd take a peek before I informed the Washington crowd of suits I had access to the place.

In spite of the inclement weather, there was a large crowd of bathers frolicking in the earth-warmed water of the million-gallon facility when Dean dislodged his passengers.

The six ladies-in-waiting of the Dean for Sheriff brigade cupped their hands and booed the competition, to the delight of the crowd.

Tables and pillows stretched as far as she could see to create a massive circle she assumed was large enough to seat the crowd.

Kiera nodded, content to hide from the crowd.

He's one of these type A personality guys who's always wound up tighter than a spring—wears whatever face suits the crowd.

Poncho's was a staple for the twenty-something crowd.

He had a crowd control baton the size of her hand that expanded with a touch to the thumb pad.

Dustin darted in front of her, pushing his way through the crowd.

He released her and leaned forward to hear her over the bellowing crowd.

His advisors and mates dressed in well-made clothing edged with silver, denoting their rank among the shouting crowd in rags.

She was half listening to him while she watched Denton reluctantly leave Clarissa and glance around the crowd.

His eyes spotted the form he sought, and he wove his way through the crowd, trailing her down a quiet side street.

She and her friends fell away as he moved into the crowd, towards the blonde.

In front of them rows of gray cloaks were already visible through the smoke, and an officer catching sight of Bagration rushed shouting after the crowd of retreating soldiers, ordering them back.

It was busy enough; she might be able to lose him if she made it to a crowd of people.

He towered head and shoulders over the mostly female crowd and leaned with deceptive casualness that radiated danger against one of the pillars in the food court.

The auction crowd could wait a little longer for his chauffeuring gig.

Jennifer Radisson, in spite of her height and eye catching blonde hair, was quickly lost in the happy crowd that clogged the sidewalks.

Dean agreed as he and Cynthia were caught up in the dispersing crowd.

Dean was amazed at the size of the crowd.