Crowd - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kraʊd|  American pronunciation of the word crowd
Brit.  |kraʊd|  British pronunciation of the word crowd

noun

- a large number of things or people considered together
a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers
- an informal body of friends (syn: bunch, crew, gang)
he still hangs out with the same crowd

verb

- cause to herd, drive, or crowd together (syn: herd)
- fill or occupy to the point of overflowing
The students crowded the auditorium
- to gather together in large numbers
men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah
- approach a certain age or speed (syn: push)

Extra examples

Boxes crowded the floor of my apartment.

There are too many products crowding the market.

The club has been accused of crowding too many people into too small a space.

By the end of the 10th mile, three bicyclists were crowding the racer in front.

Please move back. You're crowding me.

It is signed by a crowd of names.

He might pass in the crowd.

Don't crowd me, I'll pay.

Too much furniture had been crowded into the sale room.

We were standing crowded together before the picture.

Don't all crowd in on me, I will see your books one at a time.

Happy memories crowded in on me as I looked at the photographs.

George is crowding sixty.

There were crowds of shoppers in the street.

A vast crowd gathered in the main square.

Phrasal verbs

crowd out  — press, force, or thrust out of a small space

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: crowd
he/she/it: crowds
present participle: crowding
past tense: crowded
past participle: crowded
noun
singular: crowd
plural: crowds
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