crowd
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 large number of people in one placeADJECTIVE▪ big, bumper (BrE), capacity, enormous, good, great, huge, large, massive, packed, record, sell-out, vast▪
The show played to capacity crowds.
▪ small▪ gathering, growing▪ assembled▪The president read a declaration to a vast assembled crowd.
▪ entire, whole▪ jostling, milling, surging▪We pushed our way through the milling crowds of guests.
▪ noisy▪ admiring, adoring, appreciative, cheering, enthusiastic, excited, expectant▪ angry, hostile, partisan▪ rush-hour (esp. BrE)▪ diverse, motley (esp. BrE)▪the usual motley crowd of tourists, hawkers and pigeons
▪ football, theatre/theater▪ home, hometown (= at a sports game) (AmE)VERB + CROWD▪ attract, bring, bring in, draw, gather, get, pull, pull in▪Boxing is a sport that always attracts large crowds.
▪ break up, disperse▪Police were called to disperse the crowd.
▪ control▪ address, entertain, play to, work▪ join, mingle with▪ avoid▪If you want to avoid the crowds, get there early.
▪ face▪ scan, search, watch▪ get lost in▪She was afraid she might get lost in the crowd.
CROWD + VERB▪ assemble, collect, gather▪An expectant crowd gathered outside his house.
▪ grow, swell▪The crowd grew to over 15 000.
▪ rush▪The crowd rushed forward.
▪ flock, mill, throng sth, throng around sb/sth▪Crowds have been flocking to the beaches in this hot weather.
▪crowds thronging the streets of Rio
▪A crowd thronged around the wounded man.
▪ disperse, melt away, thin out▪After the ambulance drove off, the crowd dispersed.
▪ part▪ chant, cheer, erupt, roar, scream▪ boo, hiss, jeer▪ line the street▪Crowds lined the streets of the city as the president's car approached.
CROWD + NOUN▪ control▪ favourite/favorite▪She didn't win but she was clearly the crowd favourite/favorite.
▪ noise▪ scenePREPOSITION▪ among a/the crowd▪A bewildered child was wandering among the crowd.
▪ in a/the crowd▪I saw some familiar faces in the crowd.
▪ through a/the crowd▪She fought her way through the crowd.
▪ crowd of▪a big crowd of football supporters
PHRASES▪ the back of a crowd, the front of a crowd, the middle of a crowd2 the crowd ordinary peopleVERB + THE CROWD▪ be one of, follow▪She's happy to follow the crowd.
▪ stand out from▪We all like to think we stand out from the crowd (= are different from other people).
PHRASES▪ a face in the crowd▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}To her I'm just another face in the crowd.
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crowd — vb 1 *press, bear, bear down, squeeze, jam Analogous words: *push, shove, thrust, propel: *force, compel, constrain 2 *pack, cram, stuff, ram, tamp Analogous words: compress (see CONTRACT): *compact, consolidate, concentrate … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Crowd Lu — at 2009 Samsung Running Festival Chinese name 盧廣仲 (Traditional) Chinese name … Wikipedia
Crowd — Crowd, n. [AS. croda. See {Crowd}, v. t. ] 1. A number of things collected or closely pressed together; also, a number of things adjacent to each other. [1913 Webster] A crowd of islands. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. A number of persons congregated or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crowd — crowd1 [kroud] vi. [ME crouden < OE crudan, to press, drive, akin to MHG kroten, to oppress < IE base * greut , to compel, press > CURD, Ir gruth, curdled milk] 1. to press, push, or squeeze 2. to push one s way (forward, into, through,… … English World dictionary
Crowd — (kroud), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crowded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Crowding}.] [OE. crouden, cruden, AS. cr[=u]dan; cf. D. kruijen to push in a wheelbarrow.] 1. To push, to press, to shove. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To press or drive together; to mass… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crowd — Crowd, v. t. To play on a crowd; to fiddle. [Obs.] Fiddlers, crowd on. Massinger. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crowd — 〈[kraʊd] f. 10; Popmus.〉 Publikum bei Popkonzerten, in Diskotheken o. Ä. ● bereits zu den ersten Takten johlte die Crowd [engl., „Menschenmenge“] * * * Crowd [kraʊd], die; , s [engl. crowd < walisisch crwth]: Crwth … Universal-Lexikon
crowd — crowd; crowd·er; crowd·ed·ly; crowd·ed·ness; … English syllables
crowd — [n1] large assembly army, array, blowout, bunch, cattle, circle, clique, cloud, cluster, company, concourse, confluence, conflux, congeries, congregation, coterie, crew, crush, deluge, drove, faction, flock, flood, gaggle, great unwashed*, group … New thesaurus
crowd´ed|ly — crowd|ed «KROW dihd», adjective. 1. filled with a crowd. 2. filled; filled too full; packed: »Figurative. One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name (Scott). 3. close together; too close together. –crowd´ed|ly … Useful english dictionary
crowd|ed — «KROW dihd», adjective. 1. filled with a crowd. 2. filled; filled too full; packed: »Figurative. One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name (Scott). 3. close together; too close together. –crowd´ed|ly … Useful english dictionary
