crowd

CEFRA2

/ˈkɹaʊ̯d/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large number of people together in one place.

  2. 02

    verb

    To fill a place with too many people or things.

Examples

  • He pushed his way through the crowd.

  • The excited crowd poured out of the stadium.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkɹæʊ̯d/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.

  2. To press together or collect in numbers.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To press forward; to advance by pushing.

More examples

In context

  • His home run excited the crowd.

  • He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen.

  • The man crowded into the packed room.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English crouden, from Old English crūdan, from Proto-West Germanic *krūdan, from Proto-Germanic *krūdaną, *kreudaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *grewt- (“to push; press”). Cognate with German Low German kroden (“to push, shove”), Dutch kruien (“to push, shove”). (group of people, mob): Compare typologically throng (<<~ Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną); Czech dav (akin to Russian дави́ть (davítʹ), да́вка (dávka)); Polish ciżba, ścisk (<~ ciskać, akin to ти́скать (tískatʹ)); Polish tłok, Russian толчея́ (tolčejá) (akin to толка́ть (tolkátʹ)).