crowd

  • 11crowd|ed — «KROW dihd», adjective. 1. filled with a crowd. 2. filled; filled too full; packed: »Figurative. One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name (Scott). 3. close together; too close together. –crowd´ed|ly …

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  • 12crowd in — [phrasal verb] 1 : to move as a group into a small space When we got to the elevator, everybody tried to crowd in. 2 of thoughts, memories, etc. : to come into your mind : to occupy your thinking often + on When I smell a pie baking, memories of… …

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  • 13Crowd — Crowd, n. [W. crwth; akin to Gael. cruit. Perh. named from its shape, and akin to Gr. kyrto s curved, and E. curve. Cf. {Rote}.] An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played… …

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  • 14crowd — ► NOUN 1) a large number of people gathered together. 2) a large audience, especially at a sporting event. 3) informal, often derogatory a group of people with a common interest. ► VERB 1) (of a number of people) fill (a space) almost completely …

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  • 15Crowd — Crowd, v. i. 1. To press together or collect in numbers; to swarm; to throng. [1913 Webster] The whole company crowded about the fire. Addison. [1913 Webster] Images came crowding on his mind faster than he could put them into words. Macaulay.… …

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  • 16Crowd — 〈[kraʊd] f.; Gen.: , Pl.: s; Popmusik〉 Publikum bei Popkonzerten, in Diskotheken o. Ä.; bereits zu den ersten Takten johlte die Crowd [Etym.: engl., »Menschenmenge«] …

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  • 17crowd — O.E. crudan to press, crush. Cognate with M.Du. cruden to press, push, M.H.G. kroten to press, oppress, Norw. kryda to crowd. Related: Crowded; crowding. The noun is first attested 1560s; the earlier word was PRESS (Cf. press) …

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  • 18crowd|er — «KROW swa>r», noun. 1. a player on a crowd. 2. Dialect. a fiddler …

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  • 19crowd — index assembly, collection (assembly), company (assemblage), congregation, constrict (compress) …

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  • 20Crowd — For other uses, see Crowd (disambiguation). This street in Hong Kong is crowded with both people and advertisements …

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