| NOUN | group | crowd | a large number of things or people considered together |
|---|---|---|---|
| group | crowd, crew, gang, bunch | an informal body of friends | |
| VERB | motion | crowd, herd | cause to herd, drive, or crowd together |
| stative | crowd | fill or occupy to the point of overflowing | |
| motion | crowd, crowd together | to gather together in large numbers | |
| motion | crowd, push | approach a certain age or speed |
| Sounds | kraw'd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | aloud ... unbowed: 15 rhymes with awd... | |
| Meaning | A large number of things or people considered together. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" | |
| Narrower | army | A large number of people united for some specific purpose |
| crush, jam, press | A dense crowd of people | |
| drove, horde, swarm | A moving crowd | |
| huddle | A disorganized and densely packed crowd | |
| mob, rabble, rout | A disorderly crowd of people | |
| phalanx | Any closely ranked crowd of people | |
| troop, flock | An orderly crowd | |
| Broader | gathering, assemblage | A group of persons together in one place |
| Spanish | masa, montón, multitud | |
| Catalan | massa, multitud, munt | |
| Verbs | crowd | to gather together in large numbers |
| crowd | cause to herd, drive, or crowd together | |
| crowd | fill or occupy to the point of overflowing | |
| Meaning | An informal body of friends. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he still hangs out with the same crowd" | |
| Synonyms | crew, gang, bunch | |
| Broader | gathering, assemblage | A group of persons together in one place |
| Spanish | basca, cuadrilla, grupo, hato, panda, pandilla | |
| Catalan | colla, penya, quadrilla, trepa | |
| Meaning | Cause to herd, drive, or crowd together. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonym | herd | |
| Narrower | overcrowd | Cause to crowd together too much |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | apiñar, meter | |
| Catalan | amuntegar-se, apilotar-se, apinyar, encabir, entaforar, ficar | |
| Nouns | crowd | a large number of things or people considered together |
| crowding | a situation in which people or things are crowded together | |
| Meaning | fill or occupy to the point of overflowing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | The crowds crowd in the streets | |
| Example | "The students crowded the auditorium" | |
| Broader | occupy, fill | Occupy the whole of |
| Spanish | atestar, desbordar | |
| Nouns | crowd | a large number of things or people considered together |
| crowding | a situation in which people or things are crowded together | |
| Meaning | To gather together in large numbers. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" | |
| Synonym | crowd together | |
| Narrower | herd | Move together, like a herd |
| mass | join / join together into a mass or collect or form a mass | |
| overcrowd | crowd together too much | |
| pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate | Move in large numbers | |
| throng, mob, pack, pile, jam | Press tightly together or cram | |
| Broader | meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather | Collect in one place |
| Spanish | apiñar, llenar, meter | |
| Catalan | amuntegar-se, apilotar-se, apinyar, encabir, entaforar, ficar | |
| Nouns | crowd | a large number of things or people considered together |
| crowding | a situation in which people or things are crowded together | |
| Meaning | approach a certain age or speed. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | push | |
| Broader | approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near | Move towards |
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