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Crowd

[kroud]

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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.

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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.

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verb (used without object)

to gather in large numbers; throng; swarm.

to press forward; advance by pushing.

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verb (used with object)

10.

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

11.

to push; shove.

12.

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

13.

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

Idiom

14.

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

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

Related forms

crowd·er, noun

Synonyms
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. 5. proletariat, plebeians, populace. 8. assemble, herd.

Usage note
See collective noun.

Example Sentences

It's miserable when the autumnal thwack of a punted football is followed by crowd mayhem when the game is over.

The soapbox of the digital age draws a crowd of academics.

In fact, he thinks, having a crowd around often makes things better.

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It's miserable when the autumnal thwack of a punted football is followed by crowd mayhem when the game is over.

The soapbox of the digital age draws a crowd of academics.

In fact, he thinks, having a crowd around often makes things better.

The dancing started again with the banging of drums as he was spun in a circle to the delight of the crowd.

Seems as if the anti-gay crowd are really showing their genocidal racism.

The vuvuzelas and those choosing to play them could have been a perfectly fine part of the world cup crowd.

One of our all-time favorite grilled shrimp recipes, this main dish is sure to please a crowd.

When the home crowd has been demanding a change for three or four months, eventually the coach will agree.

Other people crowd around tables to check out a mosquito-repelling, battery-powered.

While the pace of crowd foot traffic was adequate, air supply shortage wasn't noticed.

Sixty million years ago, on a planet crawling with mammals, one tree dweller rose above the crowd on paper-thin wings.

The underdog creams a top-ranked opponent-and the crowd goes wild.

The horses were even as they entered the stretch, and the crowd rose as the two jockeys started whipping their mounts.

Porcini-laced meat sauce and grand meatballs top spaghetti for a crowd.

Turning to the crowd has proven pretty popular with security types.

It is easy to mistake the heckler as an adult, one of many mothers in the crowd infuriated by desegregation.

Against this background, it is perhaps surprising that he chose to mix with the crowd.

In fact, they were insistent, as if trying to persuade the crowd.

Then you have to arrange for regular poo pickups–which in a big crowd of people, or visible near a place of business–not easy.

We moved around the tent, pushing through the crowd to grab samples for each other.

These truly are amazingly, amazingly delicious and easy to make for crowd.

As a result, they were able to adjust their subsequent estimates based on the feedback of the crowd.

Parents and grandparents of the fresh graduates cheer from the crowd.

And the motley crowd has no hope of changing the president's mind.

What makes this shot work is the dramatic burst of blue spurting into the crowd.

If you were trying to find liars in a crowd it would do you no good to have this list in front of you.

Though an amplified voice indicates the machine's importance in the history of science, it rarely draws a crowd.

If there are six people within your zone, that's a crowd and you should be looking down at all times.

Ewald taps her foot rapidly as she sizes up the crowd.

The crowd likes plainspokenness, so you mock complexity.

Inside a large thatch hut, musicians play loud, frenetic music before a crowd of rowdy onlookers.

He lets the bikers and the crowd float on parallel planes in a murky light.

People often judge a protest's success by the size of a crowd.

But you can often sit down on the ground in front of the crowd and nobody will care.

There is something of a science, however, to sorting out crowd sizes.

At feeding time, parents find their chick in the crowd by listening for its unique call.

Extending an experiment at the foundation of quantum physics confirms that two is company and three is a crowd.

Modern polished decor with baby grand piano, chandelier, and sleek bar draws an upscale crowd.

That's not particularly relevant for crowd control against protesters.

Rosing turns to the crowd and gestures for everyone to join in.

But those are the rare cases that don't draw groans and eye-rolling from the young crowd.

Space aliens, orbs and crowd demons mystify true believers.

There, they met with the crowd coming down from the other side's escalator.

Simon gave the crowd a pep talk about the importance of doing something for its own sake, without regard for commercial reward.

The trick, they say wryly, is to argue their case without annoying too many people and drawing a crowd.

So jump into the cancer crowd and take control back.

As the two of them crisscross the floor, the crowd and musicians pick up the pace.

Crowd size matters to organizers, who invariably say they made their point.

The crowd behind us begins to swell, as does its frustration.

At sunset, they all crowd there again to get a public bike to ride home.

First one person stops, then another, and soon a small crowd grows around the fiddler as he plays foot-stomping music outside.

The crowd rummaged in their programmes to remember the.

The bird feeder on our porch serves up a bit of theater as it attracts a raucous crowd who jockey for a turn at the feeder.

For best performance, don't crowd it with more aggressive plants.

The crowd thins as employers arrive and lottery balls are drawn.

Building in the host city may push up wages and prices and crowd out investment elsewhere.

The politician/biz crowd will never do anything that endangers their position/power until they have to.

People, shoulder-to-shoulder are patient and help each other with pictures and walking through the crowd.

If you host large parties, you need a backyard that lures out some of the crowd so everyone isn't stuck in the same place.

The near-sellout crowd was in for quite the theatrical experience.

The spillover crowd is leaning against the walls and sitting cross-legged on the floor.

People crowd around devotees as a priest smashes a coconut on their skull.

Why use a scientific method when going with the crowd is so much more profitable"-You gotta be kidding.

These moist, chewy chocolate cookies have a pleasant ginger kick and are a real crowd pleaser.

Williams was then invited to take the stage and the crowd roared.

In other words, they are a tough crowd for a social-science professor.

We put our efforts into those who want to take our steps, and that always seems to be a few out of the new crowd instead of many.

Small hotels, family-run groceries and wayside colddrink stands crowd the highway's shoulders.

As the crowd gathered in the arena, it was apparent this was no ordinary concert.

Look at this happy couple,” he said to a chuckling crowd.

Well, parts of it anyway-but even so, a crowd of people turned out to watch the.

Saguaros crowd the slopes and huge boulders fill the canyon bottom, where a seasonal stream runs.

But those ideas are often rejected because the creative innovator must stand up to vested interests and defy the crowd.

Through the crowd walked a tall, blond man with pale skin rapidly turning red.

Speculation is good, but it can not be allowed to crowd out the physical market.

Holiday displays crowd the windows of the home decor and kitchen shop.

The stranger-than-thou crowd drew in many old-timers, but won.

On the edge of the crowd an old, white-bearded man with a black hat and kind eyes gave a nod of recognition.

New transmitters can aim sound waves so that only individuals in a crowd can hear them.

Moving up the mountain a bit will net you a different but equally daunting crowd.

Videogame magazines aimed at the enthusiast crowd have been bundling game demos with their print editions for years.

Everyone knows the steps, and they invite members of the crowd to enter the circle.

John, who rarely shows emotion, held back tears when the crowd at the airport broke into applause.

It's only when the insects are forced to crowd together that they take on a swarm mentality.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

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

Also, crwth.

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

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World English Dictionary

crowd¹ (kraʊd)

—n
1.	a large number of things or people gathered or considered together
2.	a particular group of people, esp considered as a social or business set: the crowd from the office
3.	a. the crowd the common people; the masses
	b. (as modifier): crowd ideas
4.	follow the crowd to conform with the majority

—vb
5.	(intr) to gather together in large numbers; throng
6.	(tr) to press together into a confined space
7.	(tr) to fill to excess; fill by pushing into
8.	informal (tr) to urge or harass by urging
9.	nautical crowd on sail to hoist as much sail as possible

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

'crowded¹

—*adj*

'crowdedly¹

—*adv*

'crowdedness¹

—n

'crowder¹

—n

crowd² (kraʊd)

—n
	music an ancient bowed stringed instrument; crwth

[C13: from Welsh crwth]

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Word Origin & History

crowd

O.E. crudan "to press, crush." The noun is first attested 1567; the earlier word was press.

Slang Dictionary

crowd definition

tv.
to pressure or threaten someone. : Frank began to crowd Sam, which was the wrong thing to do.
tv.
to gang up on someone. : They moved in from all sides, carrying clubs, and began to crowd us.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

crowd

see follow the crowd; three's a crowd.

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