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See more synonyms for crowd on Thesaurus.com 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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Related Words for crowding throng ,
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ram Examples from the Web for crowding Contemporary Examples of crowding Its sheer size could make the crowding effect less noticeable than in a smaller city.
Due largely to crowding and high housing prices, 45 percent of couples in Hong Kong say they have given up having children.
To name just a few: a. "Crowding out": the logic of Clintonomics.
To preserve discretionary spending priorities, we must prevent entitlement spending from crowding out all other budgetary options.
People seem to have a hidden assumption that every house in the District will eventually be crowding $1 million in value.
Historical Examples of crowding Between them, his days and nights were occupied to crowding .
What was the use of all that noise and crowding and piggish hurry?
And pushing, crowding , hugging the side of the stall, Mortimer fought his way to the girl.
Chip nodded, half suffocated with crowding , incredulous hopes.
There is a continual jostling, and crowding , and buzzing, and striving to get promotion.
British Dictionary definitions for crowding 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 crowding 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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A condition in which the teeth are crowded in the dental arch, assuming altered positions, as by overlapping and twisting. Show More
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Idioms and Phrases with crowding see follow the crowd; three's a crowd.
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