to gather a crowd

  • 1gather — I. verb (gathered; gathering) Etymology: Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian; akin to Middle High German gadern to unite more at good Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to bring together ; collect < tried to …

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  • 2gather — /ˈgæðə / (say gadhuh) verb (t) 1. to bring (persons, animals, or things) together into one company or aggregate. 2. to get together from various places or sources; collect gradually. 3. to learn or infer from observation: I gather that he ll be&#8230; …

  • 3gather — vb 1 Gather, collect, assemble, congregate mean to come or to bring together so as to form a group, a mass, or a unit. The same distinctions in applications and in implications characterize their derivative nouns gathering, collection, assemblage …

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  • 4gather — [v1] come or bring together accumulate, aggregate, amass, assemble, associate, bunch up, capture, choose, close with, cluster, collect, concentrate, congregate, convene, converge, corral, crowd, cull, draw, draw in, flock, forgather, gang up,&#8230; …

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  • 5crowd — [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 …

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  • 6crowd around (somebody) — ˌcrowd aˈround/ˈround (sb/sth) derived to gather in large numbers around sb/sth • We all crowded around the stove to keep warm. • Photographers were crowding around outside. Main entry: ↑crowdderived …

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  • 7crowd round (somebody) — ˌcrowd aˈround/ˈround (sb/sth) derived to gather in large numbers around sb/sth • We all crowded around the stove to keep warm. • Photographers were crowding around outside. Main entry: ↑crowdderived …

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  • 8crowd around (something) — ˌcrowd aˈround/ˈround (sb/sth) derived to gather in large numbers around sb/sth • We all crowded around the stove to keep warm. • Photographers were crowding around outside. Main entry: ↑crowdderived …

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  • 9crowd round (something) — ˌcrowd aˈround/ˈround (sb/sth) derived to gather in large numbers around sb/sth • We all crowded around the stove to keep warm. • Photographers were crowding around outside. Main entry: ↑crowdderived …

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  • 10crowd — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 large number of people in one place ADJECTIVE ▪ big, bumper (BrE), capacity, enormous, good, great, huge, large, massive …

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