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crowd

UK/ˈkɹaːd/ US/ˈkɹaʊ̯d/ common
noun (2) verb (4)

noun

1.

a large number of things or people considered together

  • “a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers”
2.

an informal body of friends

  • “he still hangs out with the same crowd”
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verb

1.

cause to herd, drive, or crowd together

  • “We herded the children into a spare classroom”
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2.

fill or occupy to the point of overflowing

  • “The students crowded the auditorium”
3.

to gather together in large numbers

  • “men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah”
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4.

approach a certain age or speed

  • “She is pushing fifty”
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Origin

From Middle English crouden, from Old English crūdan, from Proto-West Germanic *krūdan, from Proto-Germanic *krūdaną, *kreudaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *grewt- (“to push; press”).

Phrases

  • alone in a crowd
  • beat the crowd
  • capacity crowd
  • crowd art
  • crowd catch
  • crowd control
  • crowd disease
  • crowd in on
  • crowd manipulation
  • crowd out
  • crowd together
  • crowd up

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