1. A large number of things or people considered together
   "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"
    
2. An informal body of friends
   "he still hangs out with the same crowd";
   - crew, gang, bunch

1. Cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
   "We crowded the children into a spare classroom";
   - herd
    
2. To gather together in large numbers
   "men in straw boaters and waxed moustaches crowded the verandah"; "People crowded together to watch the parade";
   - crowd together
    
3. Fill or occupy to the point of overflowing
   "The students crowded the auditorium"
    
4. Approach a certain age or speed
   "She is crowding fifty";
   - push

Derived forms: crowds, crowded, crowding

Type of: approach, assemblage, assemble, come near, come on, displace, draw close, draw near, fill, foregather [formal], forgather, gather, gathering, meet, move, near, occupy

Encyclopedia: Crowd