to crowd

Definition of to crowd in English English dictionary: Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other
There was a crowd of toys pushed beneath the couch where the children were playing.; To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably; A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest
That obscure author's fans were a nerdy crowd which hardly ever interacted before the Internet age.; A crwth, an Ancient Celtic plucked string instrument; (now dialectal) A fiddle; The so-called lower orders of people; the populace, vulgar
He went not with the crowd to see a shrine. -- Dryden.; {n} a multitude, mob, fiddle; {v} to press or set close, swarm, encumber; To press or drive together; to mass together; To push, to press, to shove; To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity; When people crowd around someone or something, they gather closely together around them. The hungry refugees crowded around the tractors Police blocked off the road as hotel staff and guests crowded around. = cluster; To urge or press forward; to force ones self; as, a man crowds into a room; The lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar; the rabble; the mob; To carry excessive sail; To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way; a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"; To press together or collect in numbers; to swarm; to throng; {f} gather together, group together; press in; A particular crowd is a group of friends, or a set of people who share the same interests or job. All the old crowd have come out for this occasion; To urge or press forward; to force one's self; as, a man crowds into a room; fill or occupy to the point of overflowing; "The students crowded the auditorium; approach a certain age or speed; "She is pushing fifty"; If a group of people crowd a place, there are so many of them there that it is full. Thousands of demonstrators crowded the streets shouting slogans. = pack; A crwth; to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"; fill or occupy to the point of overflowing; "The students crowded the auditorium"; To play on a crowd; to fiddle; If people crowd into a place or are crowded into a place, large numbers of them enter it so that it becomes very full. Hundreds of thousands of people have crowded into the center of the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius One group of journalists were crowded into a minibus `Bravo, bravo,' chanted party workers crowded in the main hall. = pack, cram; {i} public; large group of people; large number of objects grouped together; A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something. A huge crowd gathered in a square outside the Kremlin walls The crowd were enormously enthusiastic The explosions took place in shopping centres as crowds of people were shopping for Mothers' Day. = throng; an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd"; cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"; The so-called lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar; the rabble; the mob; a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" fill or occupy to the point of overflowing; "The students crowded the auditorium; If people crowd you, they stand very closely around you trying to see or speak to you, so that you feel uncomfortable. It had been a tense, restless day with people crowding her all the time; A number of persons congregated or collected into a close body without order; a throng; Brokers that come to the post to seek an execution; An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow; A fiddle; A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order; A number of things collected or closely pressed together; also, a number of things adjacent to each other; A relatively large number of people who are in one another's immediate face-to-face presence