Meaning & use

crowd

noun·Everyday

A large number of people gathered closely together in one place.

See it in a sentence

A crowd gathered outside the stadium hours before the game began.

She pushed through the crowd to reach the front of the stage.

A note on using this word

As a verb, crowd means to fill a space uncomfortably full, as in shoppers crowded the aisles.

Words with a similar meaning

throngmultitude

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Another way to use it

2. verb

To gather in large numbers and fill a space, often uncomfortably.

Tourists crowded around the fountain to take photographs.

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