crowd: Meaning and Definition of

crowd

1. a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng: a crowd of angry people.
2. any large number of persons.
3. any group or set of persons with something in common: The restaurant attracts a theater crowd.
4. audience; attendance: Opening night drew a good crowd.
5. the common people; the masses: He feels superior to the crowd.
6. a large number of things gathered or considered together.
7. a temporary gathering of people responding to common stimuli and engaged in any of various forms of collective behavior.

1. to gather in large numbers; throng; swarm.
2. to press forward; advance by pushing.

1. to press closely together; force into a confined space; cram: to crowd clothes into a suitcase.
2. to push; shove.
3. to fill to excess; fill by pressing or thronging into.
4. to place under pressure or stress by constant solicitation: to crowd a debtor for payment; to crowd someone with embarrassing questions.
5. to carry a press of sail.

crowd

1. an ancient Celtic musical instrument with the strings stretched over a rectangular frame, played with a bow.