Meaning

(intransitive) To press forward; to advance by pushing..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To press forward; to advance by pushing.
2. (intransitive) To press together or collect in numbers.
3. (transitive) To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.
4. (transitive) To fill by pressing or thronging together
5. (transitive, often used with "out of" or "off") To push, to press, to shove.
6. (nautical) To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.
7. (nautical, of a square-rigged ship, transitive) To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.
8. (transitive) To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.

Example Sentences

The man crowded into the packed room.

They crowded through the archway and into the park.

[T]he whole company closed their ranks, and crowded about the fire.

Images came crowding on his mind faster than he could put them into words.

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

[…]The Time (miſ-order’d) doth in common ſence / Crowd vs, and cruſh vs, to this monſtrous Forme, / To hold our ſafetie vp.

The balconies and verandas were crowded with spectators, anxious to behold their future sovereign.

They tried to crowd her off the sidewalk.

Word Forms

• crowds
• crowding
• crowded

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Use crowd when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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