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crowd

/ˈkɹaʊ̯d/noun, verb1 syllable

Crowd means: an informal body of friends.

Synonyms for crowd21

noun, as in an informal body of friends

verb, as in cause to herd, drive, or crowd together

verb, as in to gather together in large numbers

crowd together

verb, as in approach a certain age or speed

also used for crowd

barge, swarm, throng, crowd in, crush, pile, horde, becrowd, aggregation, cluster, group, mass, everyone, general public, hoi polloi

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What does crowd mean?6

noun

1

an informal body of friends“he still hangs out with the same crowd”

2

a large number of things or people considered together“a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers”

verb

1

cause to herd, drive, or crowd together“We herded the children into a spare classroom”

2

to gather together in large numbers“men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah”

3

approach a certain age or speed“She is pushing fifty”

4

fill or occupy to the point of overflowing“The students crowded the auditorium”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with crowd?10

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Crowd in a sentence

  • After the accident, the police told the crowd to keep back.Dejo
  • When we arrived, the crowd had faded away.unknown
  • Without saying goodbye, he disappeared into the crowd.unknown
  • Two is a couple, three is a crowd.dryhay
  • When the band took the stage, the crowd went wild.Hybrid
  • After the concert, the crowd made for the nearest door.CK
  • People crowd around the light, not to see better, but rather to shine better.unknown
  • At the square, a crowd surrounded and listened to the street singers.mervert1

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of crowd

as a noun

plural
crowds

as a verb

past tense
crowded
present participle
crowding
third-person singular
crowds
past participle
crowded