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crowd together

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Verb1.crowd together - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"
crowd
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"
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The chase lay through the brake for perhaps a quarter of a mile, and then plunged into a dense thicket, which retarded our movements exceedingly, though we went through it in a crowd together,-- fronds flicking into our faces, ropy creepers catching us under the chin or gripping our ankles, thorny plants hooking into and tearing cloth and flesh together.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
As many of the jury as can crowd together at the table sit there.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
I have sometimes come upon the poor child suddenly and found her in tears, as she gazed at the sunset effects we sometimes see here among our mountains, when bright masses of cloud gather and crowd together and pile themselves above the golden peaks of the hills.
The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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