1. Overfilled, compacted or concentrated
   "crowded trains"; "a young mother's crowded days"; "a crowded theatre"; "a crowded program"

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

See also: huddled, jammed, jam-packed [informal], packed, packed out, thronged

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

Antonym: uncrowded

Encyclopedia: Crowded