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crowd

noun
  1. An enormous number of persons gathered together: crush, drove, flock, horde, mass, mob, multitude, press, ruck 1, swarm, throng. See big, group
  2. The common people: common (used in plural), commonality, commonalty, commoner (used in plural), hoi polloi, mass (used in plural), mob, pleb (used in plural), plebeian (used in plural), populace, public, ruck 1, third estate. See over
  3. A group of people sharing an interest, activity, or achievement: circle, group, set 2. See group
  4. A particular social group: circle, clique, coterie, set 2. Informal: bunch, gang. See group
  5. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together: assemblage, assembly, body, company, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, gathering, group, meeting, muster, troop. Informal: get-together. See collect
  6. A very large number of things grouped together: army, cloud, drove, flock, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, ruck 1, score (used in plural), swarm, throng. See big, group
verb
  1. To congregate, as around a person: flock, mob, press, throng. See collect, tighten
  2. To act on with a steady pushing force: crush, press. See push
  3. To fill to excess by compressing or squeezing tightly: cram, jam, load, mob, pack, stuff. Informal: jam-pack. See full, tighten

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