crowd

UK /kɹaʊd/ US /kɹaʊd/

verb 6noun 6

Definitions

verb

To press forward; to advance by pushing.

The man crowded into the packed room.

To press together or collect in numbers.

They crowded through the archway and into the park.

[T]he whole company closed their ranks, and crowded about the fire.

To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.

He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen.

[…]The Time (miſ-order’d) doth in common ſence / Crowd vs, and cruſh vs, to this monſtrous Forme, / To hold our ſafetie vp.

To fill by pressing or thronging together

The balconies and verandas were crowded with spectators, anxious to behold their future sovereign.

To push, to press, to shove.

They tried to crowd her off the sidewalk.

Alexis's mementos and numerous dance trophies were starting to crowd her out of her little bedroom.

noun

A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.

After the movie let out, a crowd of people pushed through the exit doors.

Athelstan Arundel walked home[…], foaming and raging. […] He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.

Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.

There was a crowd of toys pushed beneath the couch where the children were playing.

The so-called lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar.

He went not, with the Crowd, to ſee a Shrine;

[…]To fool the crowd with glorious lies,[…]

A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.

That obscure author's fans were a nerdy crowd which hardly ever interacted before the Internet age.

We're concerned that our daughter has fallen in with a bad crowd.

noun

Alternative form of crwth.

A lackey that […] can warble upon a crowd a little.

A fiddle.

That keep their Consciences in Cases, / As Fiddlers do their Crowds and Bases,[…]

[…]wandering palmers, hedge-priests, Saxon minstrels, and Welsh bards, were muttering prayers, and extracting mistuned dirges from their harps, crowds, and rotes.

Collocations

(noun.) large number of people in one place

ADJ

big, bumper, capacity, good, great, huge, large, massive, record, sell-out, vast

The concert attracted a huge crowd of excited fans waiting outside the venue.

small

gathering, growing

assembled

Thousands of excited fans gathered outside the stadium to form a huge assembled crowd.

jostling, madding, milling, surging

She got separated from her friends in the jostling crowd at the concert entrance.

admiring, appreciative, cheering, enthusiastic, excited, expectant

angry, hostile, partisan

rush-hour

motley

A motley crowd gathered outside the stadium, hoping to catch a glimpse of the famous musician.

football, theatre

home (at a football match)

VERB + CROWD

attract, draw, pull (in)

The new shopping mall drew huge crowds on its opening day.

break up, disperse

Security guards had to break up the crowd of fans waiting outside the concert venue.

control

address, play to

join, mingle with

CROWD + VERB

assemble, collect, gather

Thousands of people assembled in the central square to watch the live concert.

grow, swell

More and more people arrived until the crowd swelled to fill the entire square.

flock, mill, throng

Thousands of people milled around the stadium entrance waiting for the concert doors to open.

disperse, melt away, thin out

As the concert ended, the crowd slowly melted away into the dark streets.

cheer, roar

boo, hiss, jeer

line the street

Thousands of excited fans lined the street outside the stadium on match day.

PREP

among a/the ~

She felt nervous walking among the crowd at the busy train station.

in a/the ~

She felt nervous speaking in the crowd at the town meeting.

through a/the ~

The tourists pushed through the crowd to reach the front of the concert stage.

~ of

A large crowd of people gathered outside the store when they announced the sale.

CROWD + NOUN

control

PHRASES

the back/front/middle of a crowd 2 the crowd

VERB + CROWD

be one of, follow

Most teenagers don't want to be one of the crowd at school.

stand out from

Her bright red jacket made her stand out from the crowd at the concert.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an informal body of friends

verb — cause to herd, drive, or crowd together

herd

verb — approach a certain age or speed

push

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

two's company, three's a crowd

One companion is preferable to two.

work the crowd

To work the room, or to do the equivalent with an outdoor audience.

follow the crowd

To conform to majority beliefs, opinions, or practices.

As much as the next guy, I don't like to follow the crowd.

crowd sail

To carry an unusual amount of sail in an attempt to accelerate the speed of a vessel.

the Spaniards busied themselves in making the most of a sudden favourable change of wind, and, without much regard to order, were crowding sail to get near the land.

wrong crowd

A group of people deemed to have a negative influence on a person's behavior; a bad crowd.

to fall in with the wrong crowd

Example Bank

The man crowded into the packed room.

Wiktionary

They crowded through the archway and into the park.

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[T]he whole company closed their ranks, and crowded about the fire.

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After the movie let out, a crowd of people pushed through the exit doors.

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He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.[…]But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again[…]she found her mother standing up before the seat

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, crowd is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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