crowd

A2
Pronunciation
/kɹaʊd/
Noun
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • After the movie let out, a crowd of people pushed through the exit doors.
2 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • There was a crowd of toys pushed beneath the couch where the children were playing.
3 Definition

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

4 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • That obscure author's fans were a nerdy crowd which hardly ever interacted before the Internet age.
5 Definition

(now dialectal) A fiddle.

6 Definition

An archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop each of the six strings on the fingerboard.

Verb
9 definition(s)
1 Definition

To press forward; to advance by pushing.

Example Sentences
  • The man crowded into the packed room.
2 Definition

To press together or collect in numbers

Synonyms
crowd in swarm throng
Example Sentences
  • They crowded through the archway and into the park.
3 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen.
4 Definition

To fill by pressing or thronging together

5 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • They tried to crowd her off the sidewalk.
6 Definition

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

7 Definition

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

8 Definition

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

9 Definition

To play on a crowd; to fiddle.