Meaning & use
crowd
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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