1. A situation in which people or things are crowded together
   "he didn't like the crowding on the beach"

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

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

Encyclopedia: Crowding