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See more synonyms for crowded on Thesaurus.com filled to excess; packed. filled with a crowd : crowded streets. uncomfortably close together: crowded passengers on a bus. Show More
Origin of crowded First recorded in
1605–15; crowd1 +
-ed2 Related forms crowd·ed·ly , adverb o·ver·crowd·ed , adjective o·ver·crowd·ed·ly , adverb o·ver·crowd·ed·ness , noun un·crowd·ed , adjective 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. 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. Show More
verb (used without object) to gather in large numbers; throng; swarm. to press forward; advance by pushing. Show More
to press closely together; force into a confined space; cram: to crowd clothes into a suitcase. to push; shove. to fill to excess; fill by pressing or thronging into. to place under pressure or stress by constant solicitation: to crowd a debtor for payment; to crowd someone with embarrassing questions. Show More
crowd on sail , Nautical to carry a press of sail. Show More
Origin of crowd 1 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 Synonym study 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.
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chock-full Examples from the Web for crowded Contemporary Examples of crowded When it became too crowded , they moved her into an open casket on the street.
Then the commercial weight loss behemoths Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig joined this crowded field.
On Wednesday, two young female suicide bombers detonated in a crowded market in Kano State.
“People feel that these crowded areas play to their advantage—it provides this sense of a cover,” he said.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Half a dozen men sit on the floor in a grimy rented storefront in the crowded Khyber Bazaar.
Historical Examples of crowded After the boats were crowded , they would hold on to them so that they could not leave the shore.
The afternoon is far advanced—the parks and public drives are crowded .
Persons of every class are crowded together, here, in one dense mass.
But when this mound was built there were towns here, busy and crowded .
It only needed a beginning, and the penitent bench would be crowded .
British Dictionary definitions for crowded a large number of things or people gathered or considered together a particular group of people, esp considered as a social or business set the crowd from the office the crowd the common people; the masses (as modifier ) crowd ideas follow the crowd to conform with the majority Show More
(intr) to gather together in large numbers; throng (tr) to press together into a confined space (tr) to fill to excess; fill by pushing into (tr) informal to urge or harass by urging crowd on sail nautical to hoist as much sail as possible Show More
Derived Forms crowded , adjective crowdedly , adverb crowdedness , noun crowder , noun Word Origin for crowd Old English crūdan; related to Middle Low German krūden to molest, Middle Dutch crūden to push, Norwegian kryda to swarm
music an ancient bowed stringed instrument; crwth Show More
Word Origin for crowd C13: from Welsh crwth
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Word Origin and History for crowded v. Old English crudan "to press, crush." Cognate with Middle Dutch cruden "to press, push," Middle High German kroten "to press, oppress," Norwegian kryda "to crowd." Related: Crowded ; crowding .
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n. 1560s, from crowd (v.). The earlier word was press (n.).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with crowded see follow the crowd; three's a crowd.
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