crowd
To press forward; to advance by pushing.
Example
“The man crowded into the packed room.”
Other meanings
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.”
Synonyms
- herd
Word history
From Old English "crūdan".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “crowd” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.