crowd

  • 21crowd — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 large number of people in one place ADJECTIVE ▪ big, bumper (BrE), capacity, enormous, good, great, huge, large, massive …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 22crowd — I n. throng 1) to attract, draw a crowd 2) to disperse a crowd 3) an enormous, huge, tremendous; overflow crowd 4) a crowd collects, gathers; disperses; thins out 5) a crowd mills, swarms (around the entrance) audience 6) a capacity crowd group… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 23crowd — crowd1 W2S2 [kraud] n 1.) a large group of people who have gathered together to do something, for example to watch something or protest about something crowd of ▪ a crowd of angry protesters ▪ a crowd of 30,000 spectators ▪ There were crowds of… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24crowd — I UK [kraʊd] / US noun Word forms crowd : singular crowd plural crowds *** 1) a) [countable] a large number of people in the same place The boys disappeared into the crowd. a crowd of 30,000 An angry crowd had gathered on the steps of the palace …

    English dictionary

  • 25crowd — crowd1 [ kraud ] noun *** 1. ) count a large number of people in the same place: The boys disappeared into the crowd. a crowd of 30,000 An angry crowd had gathered on the steps of City Hall. Crowds of people began making their way to the station …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 26crowd — crowd1 crowder, n. /krowd/, n. 1. a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng: a crowd of angry people. 2. any large number of persons. 3. any group or set of persons with something in common: The restaurant attracts a theater… …

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  • 27crowd — I. verb Etymology: Middle English crouden, from Old English crūdan; akin to Middle High German kroten to crowd, Old English crod multitude, Middle Irish gruth curds Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to press on ; hurry b …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28crowd — [[t]kra͟ʊd[/t]] ♦♦ crowds, crowding, crowded 1) N COUNT COLL: oft N of n A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something. A huge crowd gathered… …

    English dictionary

  • 29crowd — 01. The [crowd] screamed in excitement as the band came on stage. 02. This room is too [crowded] with this many people in it. 03. The people were all [crowded] into the station, waiting for the first train out of the city. 04. Everyone [crowded]… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 30crowd — I [[t]kraʊd[/t]] n. 1) a large number of persons gathered together; throng 2) any group of persons having something in common: the theater crowd[/ex] 3) a group of spectators; audience: the opening night crowd[/ex] 4) the common people; the… …

    From formal English to slang