to crowd
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1.6
- verb
- /kraʊd/
- Filippo, we'll be crowded this evening.
- crowd the streets
- crowd together
- crowd around
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Examples
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Please don't crowd people.
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As water levels in rivers fall, hippos crowd into smaller and smaller areas.
Academic text (2011) -
Kinda crowd around over here, and I'll show you what we're looking at.
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Then the circle broke up and everyone crowded around to get a closer look.
Academic text (1990) -
You get in there but you don't let him crowd you.
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Will you stop crowding me?
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On four occasions, villagers, tourists, and outsiders crowd to watch the performance of the dance.
Academic text (1993) -
Street corners in African American neighborhoods are crowded with rib joints, chicken takeout stands, and fish markets.
Academic text (1999) -
As the concert started, fans began to crowd toward the stage to get a better view.
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When the sale began, shoppers quickly crowded into the store to find the best deals.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Bring people, things, or information together in one place
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1.9
Come together in a group near someone or something
111
3.5
People come to an event in large numbers
82
3.2
To move to a place in large numbers and make it busy
74
2.0
To move together in large numbers
28
1.2
To gather things or people into a group
27
4.8
To come together in a large group
23
5.5
To crowd around someone or something closely and quickly
17
3.5
To come together in a small group or make people do the same
13
3.3
To gather closely into a tight group
11
4.4
To come together into a small, close group
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6.4
To gather closely in large numbers in a place
4
3.0
To stand or move closely in a group
4
3.1
To move or bring close together to form a small group
1
4.8
To move close together around a person or thing leaving little space
1
4.5
Fill a place or container until there is no room left
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
1
9.9
To set all sails to catch as much wind as possible to make the boat go faster
Compounds
- Offensive
1
9.3
People who travel into a city from outside to go out for fun
- Offensive
A group of people who like popular trends and seem ordinary or not original
- Offensive
A group of young people who work in the city and act like they are better than others
How Crowded
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crowd comes from an old verb that meant 'press together'. So to crowd someone or something is to push or gather them tightly into one space.