to crowd together
2
3.0
- phrasal verb
- /kraʊd təˈɡɛðər/
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agruparse
- The audience, mostly youngsters, crowded together on the benches along the walls.
- people crowd together
So OK, so in captures what they do to confuse people is to make these characters crowd together.
- So OK, so in captures what they do to confuse people is to make these characters crowd together.
Examples
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In the beginning, people crowded together on the highway to watch me pass by.
Fiction book (1994) -
When the storm approached, everyone hurried to crowd together under the nearest shelter.
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You can no doubt imagine what life was like there with so many people crowded together.
Academic text (1993) -
The guy tried to get away from her, but there we were all crowded together, and no one could move.
Blog text (14) -
Fifty women crowded together on a truck will sing songs.
Fiction book (1992) -
Faculty members and students crowded together to pay their final respects to the popular teacher.
Fiction book (1992) -
People of the upper and underworld were crowded together at small tables, eating and drinking.
Fiction book (2000) -
When they crowded together to raise the cap on the sewer maintenance vent, he hated it even more.
Fiction book (1991) -
We had to wend our way to a large anteroom, where we stood crowded together with other supplicants, all as eager and as nervous as we were.
Academic text (1998) -
The students crowded together in the cafeteria, eager to hear the announcement.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Bring people, things, or information together in one place
175
1.6
To move many people or animals into a small space
152
3.3
To gather people in one place for a purpose
74
2.0
To move together in large numbers
70
1.9
Come together in a group near someone or something
41
3.5
To come together in a small group or make people do the same
35
2.1
Move toward each other and meet, often touching or closing around something
30
1.2
To gather things or people into a group
30
4.1
To come together in a group for a reason
8
3.3
To gather closely into a tight group
7
4.4
To come together into a small, close group
7
6.4
To gather closely in large numbers in a place
5
3.1
To move or bring close together to form a small group
2
3.0
People and animals come together in a group for safety or shared interest
1
4.8
To move close together around a person or thing leaving little space
1
8.4
To join together to form a mass or cluster
1
9.2
To come together in one place, often for a meeting
Antonyms
How Close
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to gather closely in a group' is directly and compositionally derived from 'crowd' (to gather tightly) plus 'together' (in close proximity). This verb + together pattern is a common, transparent construction in English (and parallels exist in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand the MWE.
Etymology
The verb crowd together paints a simple picture: people push in and stand very close, with crowd showing the pressing and together showing the closeness. That's why it means 'to gather closely in a group'.