CROWD
Dictionary entry overview: What does crowd mean?
• CROWD (noun)
The noun CROWD has 2 senses:
1. a large number of things or people considered together
2. an informal body of friends
Familiarity information: CROWD used as a noun is rare.
• CROWD (verb)
The verb CROWD has 4 senses:
1. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
2. fill or occupy to the point of overflowing
3. to gather together in large numbers
4. approach a certain age or speed
Familiarity information: CROWD used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CROWD (noun)
Meaning:
A large number of things or people considered together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers
Hypernyms ("crowd" is a kind of...):
assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crowd"):
army (a large number of people united for some specific purpose)
flock; troop (an orderly crowd)
phalanx (any closely ranked crowd of people)
mob; rabble; rout (a disorderly crowd of people)
huddle (a disorganized and densely packed crowd)
drove; horde; swarm (a moving crowd)
crush; jam; press (a dense crowd of people)
Meaning:
An informal body of friends
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
bunch; crowd; gang; crew
Context example:
he still hangs out with the same crowd
Hypernyms ("crowd" is a kind of...):
assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)
• CROWD (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
crowd; herd
Context example:
We herded the children into a spare classroom
Hypernyms (to "crowd" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "crowd"):
overcrowd (cause to crowd together too much)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Fill or occupy to the point of overflowing
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
The students crowded the auditorium
Hypernyms (to "crowd" is one way to...):
fill; occupy (occupy the whole of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The crowds crowd in the streets
Meaning:
To gather together in large numbers
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
crowd together; crowd
Context example:
men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah
Hypernyms (to "crowd" is one way to...):
assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "crowd"):
mass (join together into a mass or collect or form a mass)
overcrowd (crowd together too much)
pour; pullulate; stream; swarm; teem (move in large numbers)
herd (move together, like a herd)
jam; mob; pack; pile; throng (press tightly together or cram)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Approach a certain age or speed
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
crowd; push
Context example:
She is pushing fifty
Hypernyms (to "crowd" is one way to...):
approach; come near; come on; draw close; draw near; go up; near (move towards)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
