crowd

crowd ¹

 (kroud)

n.

1. A large number of persons gathered together; a throng.

2. The common people; the populace.

3. A group of people united by a common characteristic, as age, interest, or vocation: the over-30 crowd.

4. A group of people attending a public function; an audience: The play drew a small but appreciative crowd.

5. A large number of things positioned or considered together.

v. crowd·ed, crowd·ing, crowds

v.intr.

1. To gather together in a limited space: The children crowded around the TV.

2. To move forward by pressing or shoving: A bevy of reporters crowded toward the candidate.

v.tr.

1. To force by pressing or shoving: Police crowded the spectators back to the viewing stand.

2. To force away by taking up space; displace: Urban sprawl crowded the farmers out of the valley.

3. To draw or stand very near or too near to: The batter crowded the plate. Please don't crowd me.

4. To press, cram, or force tightly together: crowded the clothes into the closet.

5. To fill or occupy to overflowing: Books crowded the shelves.

6. Informal To put pressure on; assail: Dark thoughts were crowding him.

Idiom:

crowd (on) sail Nautical

To spread a large amount of sail to increase speed.

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[From Middle English crowden, to crowd, press, from Old English crūdan, to hasten, press.]

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crowd′er n.

Synonyms: crowd¹, crush, flock¹, horde, mob, throng
These nouns denote a large group of people gathered close to one another: a crowd of well-wishers; a crush of autograph seekers; a flock of schoolchildren; a horde of demonstrators; a mob of hard-rock enthusiasts; throngs of tourists.

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crowd ²

 (kroud, kro͞od)

n.

1. An ancient Celtic stringed instrument that was bowed or plucked. Also called crwth.

2. Chiefly British A fiddle.

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[Middle English croud, from Middle Welsh crwth.]

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crowd

(kraʊd)

n

1. a large number of things or people gathered or considered together

2. a particular group of people, esp considered as a social or business set: the crowd from the office.

3.

a. the crowd the common people; the masses

b. (as modifier): crowd ideas.

4. follow the crowd to conform with the majority

vb

5. (intr) to gather together in large numbers; throng

6. (tr) to press together into a confined space

7. (tr) to fill to excess; fill by pushing into

8. (tr) informal to urge or harass by urging

9. (Nautical Terms) crowd on sail nautical to hoist as much sail as possible

[Old English crūdan; related to Middle Low German krūden to molest, Middle Dutch crūden to push, Norwegian kryda to swarm]

ˈcrowded adj

ˈcrowdedly adv

ˈcrowdedness n

ˈcrowder n

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crowd

(kraʊd)

n

(Instruments) music an ancient bowed stringed instrument; crwth

[C13: from Welsh crwth]

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crowd¹

(kraʊd)

n.

1. a large number of persons gathered together; throng.

2. any group of persons having something in common: the theater crowd.

3. a group of spectators; audience: the opening night crowd.

4. the common people; the masses.

5. a large number of things considered together.

v.i.

6. to gather in large numbers; throng.

7. to press forward; advance by pushing.

v.t.

8. to press closely together; force into a small space; cram.

9. to push, shove, or force.

10. to fill, as by pressing or thronging into.

11. to place under constant pressure.

[before 950; Middle English; Old English crūden to press, hurry, c. Middle Dutch crūden to push]

crowd′er, n.

syn: crowd, multitude, swarm, throng refer to large numbers of people. crowd suggests a jostling, uncomfortable, and possibly disorderly company: A crowd gathered to listen to the speech. multitude emphasizes the great number of persons or things but suggests that there is space enough for all: a multitude of people at the market. swarm as used of people is usu. contemptuous, suggesting a moving, restless, often noisy, crowd: A swarm of dirty children played in the street. throng suggests a company that presses together or forward, often with some common aim: The throng pushed forward to see the cause of the excitement.

usage: See collective noun.

crowd²

(kraʊd)

also crwth

n.

an ancient Celtic musical instrument with the strings stretched over a rectangular frame, played with a bow.

[1275–1325; Middle English crowd(e), variant of crouth < Welsh crwth crwth]

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crowd

- Its underlying notion is of "pushing, pressing," from Old English crudan, "press."

See also related terms for pushing.

Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

Crowd

 a number of persons or things closely pressed together, 1567; a company. See also lot.

Examples: crowd of advertisements, 1728; of distinguished men, 1848; of islands; of names, 1868; of people, 1567; of redwing; of rivals, 1712; of sail, 1803; of sins, 1627; of new thoughts, 1855.

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crowd

Past participle: crowded
Gerund: crowding

Imperative

crowd

crowd

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place army - a large number of people united for some specific purpose crush, jam, press - a dense crowd of people swarm, drove, horde - a moving crowd huddle - a disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of frightened women" mob, rabble, rout - a disorderly crowd of people phalanx - any closely ranked crowd of people flock, troop - an orderly crowd; "a troop of children"
	2.	crowd - an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" bunch, gang, crew assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
Verb	1.	crowd - cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom" herd move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" overcrowd - cause to crowd together too much; "The students overcrowded the cafeteria"
	2.	crowd - fill or occupy to the point of overflowing; "The students crowded the auditorium" fill, occupy - occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container"
	3.	crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" crowd together mass - join together into a mass or collect or form a mass; "Crowds were massing outside the palace" overcrowd - crowd together too much pour, pullulate, swarm, teem, stream - move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" herd - move together, like a herd jam, mob, throng, pile, pack - press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium" foregather, forgather, gather, assemble, meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
	4.	crowd - approach a certain age or speed; "She is pushing fifty" push approach, draw near, near, come near, come on, draw close, go up - move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

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crowd

noun

1. multitude, mass, assembly, throng, company, press, army, host, pack, mob, flock, herd, swarm, horde, rabble, concourse, bevy It took some two hours before the crowd was fully dispersed.

2. group, set, lot, circle, gang, bunch (informal), clique All the old crowd from my university days were there.

3. audience, spectators, house, gate, attendance When the song finished, the crowd went wild.

4. masses, people, public, mob, rank and file, populace, rabble, proletariat, hoi polloi, riffraff, vulgar herd You can learn to stand out from the crowd.

verb

1. flock, press, push, mass, collect, gather, stream, surge, cluster, muster, huddle, swarm, throng, congregate, foregather The hungry refugees crowded around the lorries.

2. squeeze, pack, pile, bundle, cram A group of journalists were crowded into a minibus. Hundreds of people crowded into the building.

3. congest, pack, cram Demonstrators crowded the streets shouting slogans.

4. (Informal) jostle, batter, butt, push, elbow, shove It had been a tense, restless day with people crowding her all the time.

Related words
like ochlomania
fear ochlophobia, demophobia

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crowd

noun

1. An enormous number of persons gathered together:

crush, drove, flock, horde, mass, mob, multitude, press, ruck, swarm, throng.

2. The common people:

common (used in plural), commonality, commonalty, commoner (used in plural), hoi polloi, mass (used in plural), mob, pleb (used in plural), plebeian (used in plural), populace, public, ruck, third estate.

3. A group of people sharing an interest, activity, or achievement:

circle, group, set.

4. A particular social group:

circle, clique, coterie, set.

Informal: bunch, gang.

5. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together:

assemblage, assembly, body, company, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, gathering, group, meeting, muster, troop.

Informal: get-together.

6. A very large number of things grouped together:

army, cloud, drove, flock, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, ruck, score (used in plural), swarm, throng.

verb

1. To congregate, as around a person:

flock, mob, press, throng.

2. To act on with a steady pushing force:

crush, press.

3. To fill to excess by compressing or squeezing tightly:

cram, jam, load, mob, pack, stuff.

Informal: jam-pack.

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Translations

جُمهور، حَشْد مِن النّاسحَشْدمَجْموعَـهيَتَجَمْـهَـريَحْتَشِد، يَمْـلأ

davnamačkat separtashlukovat sezástup

folkemængdefyldeklikekredsopløb

AnsammlungAuflaufBandefüllenHaufen

πλήθος

muchedumbremultitudpúblicoreunirseaglomeración

kasapinoväkijoukko

foulemassemonceauamasattrouper

gomilagužvamasasvjetina

begyûlikköré gyûliktömeg

fjölmennihópast í kringumþyrpingvinahópuryfirfylla

follaaffollareaffollarsiassembramentocalca

群集

군중

multitudoturbavulgus

sausakimšai pripildytisausakimšasšutvėtankiai gyvenamasužplūsti

barsdraugu kompānijadrūzmētieskompānijapārpildīt

menigte

flokkefolkemengdeklenge seg inn påmengdeoverfylle

tłum

multidãopilha

толпагурьбакуча

natlačiť sazhŕknuť sa

gnesti semnožicapreplaviti

folkmassahögmängdmassa

ฝูงชน

kalabalıktoplanmakarkadaş grububirikmekdoldurmak

đám đông

人群挤满聚集一堆东西一帮朋友

crowd

[kraʊd]

A. N

1. (= mass of people) → multitud f, muchedumbre f
he disappeared into the crowd → desapareció entre la multitud or la muchedumbre or el gentío
she lost him in the crowd → lo perdió de vista entre la multitud or la muchedumbre or el gentío
crowds of people → una multitud de gente
there was quite a crowd → había bastante gente
they always go round in a crowd → siempre salen en grupo
accidents always draw a crowd → los accidentes siempre atraen a un gentío
she's the sort of person who stands out in a crowd → es la típica persona que (se) destaca en un grupo de gente

2. (= spectators) → público m, espectadores mpl
a crowd of 10,000 watched the parade → 10.000 espectadores presenciaron el desfile
the away/home crowd (Ftbl) → los seguidores del equipo visitante/de casa
the match drew a big crowd → el partido atrajo mucho público
he certainly draws the crowds [performer] → no cabe duda de que atrae mucho público

3. (= social group) → gente f
I don't like that crowd at all → esa gente no me gusta nada
she got in with a nice crowd at work → se juntó con (una) gente maja en el trabajo
all the old crowd have come out for the occasion → la antigua pandilla ha salido para celebrar la ocasión

4. (= common people) the crowd: she's just one of the crowd → es del montón
to follow the crowd (fig) → dejarse llevar por los demás or por la corriente
he likes to stand out from the crowd → le gusta distinguirse de los demás

B. VT

1. (= fill) [+ place] → atestar, llenar
demonstrators crowded the streets → los manifestantes atestaron or llenaron las calles
new buildings crowd the narrow lanes of the old town → los nuevos edificios se apiñan en los estrechos callejones del casco viejo
the thoughts that crowded her mind → los pensamientos que le inundaban la mente

2. (= squeeze, force) → apiñar
they crowded the prisoners into trucks → apiñaron a los prisioneros en unos camiones

3. (= press against) → empujar
they crowded me against the wall → me empujaron contra la pared

4. (fig) (= harass) → agobiar
I do things at my own pace, so don't crowd me → deja de agobiarme, me gusta trabajar a mi ritmo

C. VI (= gather together) → apiñarse
they crowded at the window to see him → se apiñaron en la ventana para verlo
to crowd in → entrar en tropel
memories crowded in on me → me inundó una ola de recuerdos
dense vegetation crowded in on both sides of the road → la vegetación crecía espesa a ambos lados de la carretera
I feel as if everything's crowding in on me → me siento desbordado por todo
we all crowded into her little flat → todos nos metimos en su pisito, abarrotándolo de gente
thousands of people have crowded into the capital → miles de personas han llegado en tropel a la capital
to crowd around or round sth/sb → apiñarse alrededor de algo/algn

D. CPD crowd control N → control m de masas
crowd scene N (Cine, Theat) → escena f masiva or multitudinaria

crowd out VT + ADV

1. (= not let in) → desplazar
exotic plants move in, crowding native species out → las plantas exóticas se trasladan, desplazando a las especies autóctonas

2. (= fill) [people] → atestar
the bar was crowded out → el bar estaba atestado (de gente)

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crowd

[ˈkraʊd]

n

[people, fans] → foule f; (at sports match) → spectateurs mpl
crowds of people → une foule de gens
to draw a crowd, to attract a crowd → attirer beaucoup de monde
to draw a crowd of 50,000 [sports match] → attirer une foule de 50 000 spectateurs; [rally, demonstration] → attirer une foule de 50 000 personnes
to stand out from the crowd → se distinguer de la foule

(= clique) our crowd → notre bande
the usual crowd
The usual crowd was there → La bande habituelle était là.

vt

(= cram) [+ streets] → se presser dans; [+ sidewalk] → se presser sur
see also crowded

(= put pressure on) [+ person] → bousculer
Don't crowd me! → Ne me bouscule pas!

crowd round

crowd around

vi → s'attrouper

vt fus → s'attrouper autour de

crowd in

vi → affluer

crowd into

vt fus [+ room, building] → s'entasser dans; [+ square] → s'attrouper sur; [+ train, bus] → s'entasser dans

crowd together

vi → se serrer

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crowd

n

→ Menschenmenge f; (Sport, Theat) → Zuschauermenge f; to be swept along by the crowd → von der or in der Menge mitgerissen werden; to get lost in the crowd(s) → in der Menge verloren gehen; crowds of people → Menschenmassen pl, → große Menschenmengen pl; that would pass in a crowd (fig) → das geht (durch), wenn man nicht zu genau hinsieht; to get a good crowd at a match → bei einem Spiel eine Menge Zuschauer haben; there was quite a crowd → es waren eine ganze Menge Leute da; a whole crowd of us → ein ganzer Haufen von uns (inf)

(= set of people, clique) → Clique f, → Haufen m (inf); the university crowd → der Uni-Haufen (inf), → die Uni-Clique; the usual crowd → die üblichen Leute; I’m not one of that crowd → ich gehöre nicht zu diesem Haufen (inf) → or zu denen; they’re a nice crowd → sie sind ein netter Haufen (inf)

no pl (= the masses) the crowd → die (breite) Masse; to go with or follow the crowd → mit der Herde laufen; she hates to be just one of the crowd → sie geht nicht gern in der Masse unter

vi → (sich) drängen; to crowd (a)round → sich herumdrängen; to crowd together → sich zusammendrängen; to crowd in → (sich) hereindrängen; to crowd (a)round somebody/something → (sich) um jdn/etw herumdrängen

vt

to crowd the streets → die Straßen bevölkern; to crowd a room with furniture → ein Zimmer mit Möbeln vollstopfen; it will really crowd the office having three new people → mit drei neuen Leuten wird es im Büro sicherlich eng werden; to crowd things together → Dinge eng zusammendrängen

(inf: = harass) to crowd somebody → jdn drängeln, jdm auf den Füßen stehen (inf); (creditors) → jdn bedrängen

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crowd

:

crowd pleaser

n (= person) → Publikumsliebling m; (= event etc) → Publikumserfolg m

crowd puller

n → Kassenmagnet m

crowd scene

n (Theat) → Massenszene f

crowd trouble

n no pl → Massenausschreitungen pl

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crowd

[kraʊd]

1. n → folla
crowds of people → un sacco di gente
the crowd (common humanity) → la massa
to follow the crowd (fig) → seguire la massa
I don't like that crowd at all → non mi piace affatto quella gente
she is part of the university crowd → appartiene alla cricca dell'università

2. vt (place) → affollare, gremire
to crowd sth into (things) → ammassare qc in, stipare qc in

3. vi → affollarsi, ammassarsi
to crowd in → entrare in massa
to crowd round sb/sth → affollarsi attorno a qn/qc, accalcarsi intorno a qn/qc

crowd out vt + adv (not let in) → escludere (dal proprio gruppo)
the bar was crowded out → il bar era così pieno/a che non si poteva entrare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

crowd

(kraud) noun

1. a number of persons or things gathered together. A crowd of people gathered in the street. skare, menigte, klomp, spul, magdom جُمهور، حَشْد مِن النّاس тълпа multidão zástup, dav die Menschenmenge folkemængde; opløb πλήθοςmultitud, muchedumbre (rahva)hulk جمعیت؛ گروه بزرگ yleisö fouleקהל भीड़ gužva tömeg orang banyak fjölmenni folla 群衆 군중 minia, daugybė pūlis; bars orang ramai menigteflokk, folkemengdetłum جمعیت ، لویه ډله multidão mulţime толпа dav množica gomila folksamling, -massa, -hop ฝูงชน kalabalık 人群，一堆東西 натовп, товчія بهي‍ڑ، هجوم đám đông 人群，一堆东西

2. a group of friends, usually known to one another. John's friends are a nice crowd. groep, gawe klomp مَجْموعَـه компания bando parta die Bande klike; kreds παρέαgrupo, peña kamp گروه porukka bandeחבורה दोस्तों की मंडली društvo társaság kelompok vinahópur compagnia, combriccola 仲間 돌료, 패거리 šutvė, draugija [] kompānija kumpulan groepgjeng, flokk, klikkpaczka ډله malta gaşcă компания partia družba družina samling, sällskap, gäng กลุ่มเพื่อน arkadaş grubu 一幫朋友 компанія دوستوں کا گروپ nhóm người 一帮朋友

verb

1. to gather in a large group. They crowded round the injured motorcyclist. dring, saamdring, drom saam يَتَجَمْـهَـر трупам се juntar-se shlukovat se sich drängen stimle sammen; flokkes συνωστίζω, συνωστίζομαιagolparse, congregarse, reunirse kobarasse kogunema جمع شدن kokoontua s'attrouper לְהִתְקָהֵל जुट जाना okupiti se köré gyűlik berkerumun hópast í kringum affollarsi, accalcarsi 群がる 때를지어 모이다 susirinkti, spiestis pulcēties; drūzmēties berkumpul zich verdringenflokke, trenge seg, stimle sammen, klenge seg inn pågromadzić się, tłoczyć się راټولیدل juntar-se a se înghe­sui, a se îmbulzi толпиться zhŕknuť sa gnesti se okupiti samlas, skockas ชุมนุม toplanmak, birikmek 聚集 товпитися; юрмитися ایک جگ‍ہ اک‍ٹ‍ھ‍ا هونا tụ tập đông đúc 聚集

2. to fill too full by coming together in. Sightseers crowded the building. saamdrom يَحْتَشِد، يَمْـلأ препълням encher namačkat se füllen fylde; overfylde συνωστίζομαιabarrotar, atestar, llenar hasta los topes täis kiiluma ازدحام کردن؛ چپیدن täyttää s'entasser לְמָלֵא בְהָמוֹנִים भरना, भर देना napučiti, napuniti begyűlik memenuhi yfirfylla affollare ぎっしり詰める 빽빽히 들어차다 užplūsti, sausakimšai pripildyti pārpildīt; pieblīvēt berkumpul overstromenoverfylle, tette igjen, overlesse wypełniać بیروبار جوړول encher a înţesa переполнять natlačiť sa (do) do kraja napolniti nagomilati fylla till trängsel, överhopa เบียดเสียด doldurmak, doluşmak 擠滿 напхом найти; ущерть набитися زياده تعداد مي‍ں جمع هونا chen chúc 挤满

ˈcrowded adjective

having or containing a lot of people or things. crowded buses. propvol مُزْدَحِـم претъпкан apinhado přecpaný überfüllt overfyldt; stuvende fuld υπερπλήρης abarrotado, atestado, concurrido tungil täis پر جمعیت؛ شلوغ ahdas bondé הוֹמֶה אָדַם भीड़ वाला prepun zsúfolt penuh yfirfullur affollato 込みあった 붐비는 sausakimšas, tankiai gyvenamas, prigrūstas pārpildīts; pieblīvēts penuh berasak volstappfull, proppet, overlessetzatłoczony بیروبار apinhado aglo­me­rat переполненный preplnený, nabitý nabit pretrpan full[satt], överfylld แออัด kalabalık, tıklım tıklım dolu 擁擠的 переповнений پرهجوم، بهي‍ڑ بهاڑ quá đông người 拥挤的

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crowd

→ حَشْد dav folkemængde Menge πλήθος muchedumbre väkijoukko foule gomila folla 群集 군중 menigte mengde tłum multidão толпа folkmassa ฝูงชน kalabalık đám đông 人群

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