crowd
/ˈkɹaʊ̯d/ verb B1- To press forward; to advance by pushing. · The man crowded into the packed room.
- To press together or collect in numbers. · They crowded through the archway and into the park.
- To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram. · He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen.
- To fill by pressing or thronging together
- To push, to press, to shove. · They tried to crowd her off the sidewalk.
- To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.
- To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.
- To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.
He/she/it crowds · Past crowded · Past participle crowded · -ing form crowding
Verb forms
- Base form
- crowd
- He/she/it
- crowds
- Past
- crowded
- Past participle
- crowded
- -ing form
- crowding
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Well, they were a mighty hard-looking crowd.
In age he was rather younger than Douglas—forty-five at the most—a tall, straight, broad-chested fellow with a clean-shaved, prize-fighter face, thick, strong, black eyebrows, and a pair of masterful black eyes which might, even without the aid of his very capable hands, clear a way for him through a hostile crowd.
Toto had run into the crowd to bark at a kitten, and Dorothy at last found him.
Loud groans and noises were heard, and crowds of people came from all parts to see what was the matter.
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