crowd
noun
1. a large number of things or people considered together
- a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers
Definition categories: group, assemblage, gathering
2. an informal body of friends
- he still hangs out with the same crowd
Similar word(s): bunch, crew, gang
Definition categories: group, assemblage, gathering
Sentences with crowd as a noun:
- After the movie let out, a crowd of people pushed through the exit doors.
- There was a crowd of toys pushed beneath the couch where the children were playing.
- That obscure author's fans were a nerdy crowd which hardly ever interacted before the Internet age.
verb
1. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
Similar word(s): herd
Definition categories: motion, displace, move
2. fill or occupy to the point of overflowing
- The students crowded the auditorium
Definition categories: stative, fill, occupy
3. to gather together in large numbers
- men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah
Definition categories: motion, assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet
4. approach a certain age or speed
Similar word(s): push
Definition categories: motion, approach, near
Sentences with crowd as a verb:
- The man crowded into the packed room.
- They crowded through the archway and into the park.
- He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen.
- tried to crowd her off the sidewalk