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[ noun ] a large number of things or people considered together
Examples "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)When the crowd was asked whether it wanted to wait one more term to make the race , it voted no - and there were no dissents . (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Ralph_Houk , successor to Casey_Stengel at the Yankee helm , plans to bring the entire New_York squad here from St._Petersburg , including Joe_Dimaggio and large crowds are anticipated for both weekend games . The crowd at the twenty-first annual K._of_C._Games , final indoor meet of the season , got a thrill a_few minutes earlier when a slender , bespectacled woman broke the one week old world_record in the half-mile run . (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)I remember his beardown performance in a meaningless exhibition_game at Bears_Stadium Oct. 14 , 1951 , before a new record crowd for the period of 18792 . The crowd of 32589 had only two chances to applaud . |
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[ verb ] cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
Synonyms Examples "We herded the children into a spare classroom" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Prior to the featured race , the stewards announced that apprentice James_P._Verrone is suspended ten days for crowding horses and crossing the field sharply in two races on Wednesday . (Chicago Daily Tribune...)He conjures herds of deer , and wild birds crowding the air . |
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[ verb ] fill or occupy to the point of overflowing
Examples "The students crowded the auditorium" Used in print (Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)The desk before him was in no better repair than the rest of the furniture crowded into the room , including wooden file_cabinets with some of their pulls yanked off and a wardrobe stained with the roof seepage of countless seasons . (Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)The other five Slash-B men followed them inside , crowding the small room . (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)Men crowded the streets and freight rigs and teams were moving about . Related terms |
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[ verb ] to gather together in large numbers
Synonyms Examples "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" Used in print (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)They crowded the small room and peered over one another 's shoulders to watch the handless man write his name in the book . (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)He crossed the tracks to Delaware_House , where ladies in gay dresses and men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah . |
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[ verb ] approach a certain age or speed
Synonyms Examples : "She is pushing fifty" Used in print (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)Her hair was dyed , and her bloom was fading , and she must have been crowding forty , but she seemed to be one of those women who cling_to the manners and graces of a pretty child of eight . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an informal body of friends
Examples "he still hangs out with the same crowd" Used in print (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)There was , furthermore , the crowd of curious onlookers gathered in the street and a couple more cops to hold them at a decent distance . |
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