crowd

[ kroud ]

/ kraʊd /

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noun

a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng: a crowd of angry people.

any large number of persons.

any group or set of persons with something in common: The restaurant attracts a theater crowd.

audience; attendance: Opening night drew a good crowd.

the common people; the masses: He feels superior to the crowd.

a large number of things gathered or considered together.

Sociology. a temporary gathering of people responding to common stimuli and engaged in any of various forms of collective behavior.

verb (used without object)

to gather in large numbers; throng; swarm.

to press forward; advance by pushing.

verb (used with object)

to press closely together; force into a confined space; cram: to crowd clothes into a suitcase.

to push; shove.

to fill to excess; fill by pressing or thronging into.

to place under pressure or stress by constant solicitation: to crowd a debtor for payment; to crowd someone with embarrassing questions.

Idioms for crowd

crowd on sail, Nautical. to carry a press of sail.

Origin of crowd

before 950; Middle English crowden, Old English crūden to press, hurry; cognate with Middle Dutch crūden to push (Dutch kruien)

SYNONYMS FOR crowd

5 proletariat, plebeians, populace.

8 assemble, herd.

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synonym study for crowd

1. Crowd, multitude, swarm, throng refer to large numbers of people. Crowd suggests a jostling, uncomfortable, and possibly disorderly company: A crowd gathered to listen to the speech. Multitude emphasizes the great number of persons or things but suggests that there is space enough for all: a multitude of people at the market on Saturdays. Swarm as used of people is usually contemptuous, suggesting a moving, restless, often noisy, crowd: A swarm of dirty children played in the street. Throng suggests a company that presses together or forward, often with some common aim: The throng pushed forward to see the cause of the excitement.

usage note for crowd

See collective noun.

OTHER WORDS FROM crowd

crowd·er, noun

Words nearby crowd

crow-pheasant, crowbait, crowbar, crowberry, crowboot, crowd, crowd pleaser, crowd puller, crowd surf, crowded, crowder pea

Definition for crowd (2 of 2)

crowd ²

[ kroud ]

/ kraʊd /

noun

an ancient Celtic musical instrument with the strings stretched over a rectangular frame, played with a bow.

Also crwth.

Origin of crowd

1275–1325; Middle English crowd(e), variant of crouth < Welsh crwth crwth

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“Now they will definitely lock Navalny in prison,” one of the women in the crowd said.

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“He is borrowing my voice to tell you this story,” she told the crowd.

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Like that, it p. 192represents all nationalities, but it is a crowd peculiar to the Bowery.

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Scott was too kind, too humane, to disappoint us, the crowd of human beings who find much of our happiness in dreams.

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In the deep secrecy of a crowd he kissed her good-bye, and then went forth to stroll about the town.

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The crowd danced, laughed, yelled, and ran wild with commotion.

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To be sure there was generally quite a crowd of them, for the rich gentlemen often have several wives.

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British Dictionary definitions for crowd (1 of 2)

crowd ¹

/ (kraʊd) /

noun

a large number of things or people gathered or considered together

a particular group of people, esp considered as a social or business set the crowd from the office

the crowd the common people; the masses
(as modifier)crowd ideas

follow the crowd to conform with the majority

verb

(intr) to gather together in large numbers; throng

(tr) to press together into a confined space

(tr) to fill to excess; fill by pushing into

(tr) informal to urge or harass by urging

crowd on sail nautical to hoist as much sail as possible

Derived forms of crowd

crowded, adjective crowdedly, adverb crowdedness, noun crowder, noun

Word Origin for crowd

Old English crūdan; related to Middle Low German krūden to molest, Middle Dutch crūden to push, Norwegian kryda to swarm

British Dictionary definitions for crowd (2 of 2)

crowd ²

/ (kraʊd) /

noun

music an ancient bowed stringed instrument; crwth

Word Origin for crowd

C13: from Welsh crwth

Idioms and Phrases with crowd

crowd

see follow the crowd; three's a crowd.

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