crowd

crowd
n
1. throng, horde, concentration, mass, concourse, confluence, conflux, covergence; herd, pack, swarm, flock, drove, bevy, shoal; congestion, jam, press, crush, rush, flood, deluge, Inf. mob scene.
2. assemblage, collection, amassment, cumulation; array, galaxy, multitude, force, host; congregation, association, league, assembly, conference, convention; forgathering, conjunction, coalescence.
3. group, company, party, body, gathering; set, circle, clique, faction, coterie; knot, bunch, gang, crew, band, troop, Inf. caboodle; team, troupe, squad; sisterhood, brotherhood, sorority, fraternity, sodality, guild, club.
4. commonalty, the public, the general public, the masses; populace, citizenry, proletariat, hoi polloi, bourgeoisie, rank and file; commoners, peasantry; the lower classes, low life, dregs, riffraff, Inf. the great unwashed; mob, rabble, rout.
5. audience, spectators, viewers, watchers, listeners, hearers, attenders, attendants; attendance, house, turnout; followers, regulars, fans, devotees, aficionados, Inf. buffs, Inf. nuts, Inf. freaks.
6. collection, accumulation, heap, pile, mass, cumulation; hoard, store, stock, stockpile, supply, fund; agglomeration, conglomeration, clump; lot, pack, batch, bunch, Inf. raft; array, assortment, variety, medley, jumble.
v
7. throng, swarm, herd, group, cluster, huddle, concentrate, bunch up or together; mass, congregate, agglomerate; flock together, surge, stream; convene, forgather, come together, meet, Inf. gang up, go into a huddle, get together.
8. shove, press forward, push, make one's way, squeeze through, Inf. elbow or shoulder one's way, jostle, Inf. pile in, Inf. stumble over one another.
9. pack, squeeze, cramp, cram, jam; lump together, compress, congest, bunch, bundle, serry, Inf. pack as tight as sardines.
10. fill, heap, pile on, load, lade; pack, stuff, wad, implete, lumber; choke, gag.

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  • Crowd — Crowd, n. [AS. croda. See {Crowd}, v. t. ] 1. A number of things collected or closely pressed together; also, a number of things adjacent to each other. [1913 Webster] A crowd of islands. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. A number of persons congregated or …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crowd — crowd1 [kroud] vi. [ME crouden < OE crudan, to press, drive, akin to MHG kroten, to oppress < IE base * greut , to compel, press > CURD, Ir gruth, curdled milk] 1. to press, push, or squeeze 2. to push one s way (forward, into, through,… …   English World dictionary

  • Crowd — (kroud), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crowded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Crowding}.] [OE. crouden, cruden, AS. cr[=u]dan; cf. D. kruijen to push in a wheelbarrow.] 1. To push, to press, to shove. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To press or drive together; to mass… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crowd — Crowd, v. t. To play on a crowd; to fiddle. [Obs.] Fiddlers, crowd on. Massinger. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • crowd — crowd; crowd·er; crowd·ed·ly; crowd·ed·ness; …   English syllables

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  • crowd´ed|ly — crowd|ed «KROW dihd», adjective. 1. filled with a crowd. 2. filled; filled too full; packed: »Figurative. One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name (Scott). 3. close together; too close together. –crowd´ed|ly …   Useful english dictionary

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