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noun
1.
a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng: a crowd of angry people.
2.
any large number of persons.
3.
any group or set of persons with something in common: The restaurant attracts a theater crowd.
4.
audience; attendance: Opening night drew a good crowd.
5.
EXPANDthe common people; the masses: He feels superior to the crowd.
6.
a large number of things gathered or considered together.
7.
COLLAPSESociology. a temporary gathering of people responding to common stimuli and engaged in any of various forms of collective behavior.
verb (used without object)
8.
to gather in large numbers; throng; swarm.
9.
to press forward; advance by pushing.
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Crowds
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
verb (used with object)
Idiom10.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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crowd
O.E. crudan "to press, crush." The noun is first attested 1567; the earlier word was press.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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