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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Crowd \Crowd\, n. [W. crwth; akin to Gael. cruit. Perh. named
     from its shape, and akin to Gr. kyrto`s curved, and E. curve.
     Cf. Rote.]
     An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of
     violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played
     with a bow. [Written also croud, crowth, cruth, and
     crwth.]
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           A lackey that . . . can warble upon a crowd a little.
                                                    --B. Jonson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Crowd \Crowd\, v. i.
     1. To press together or collect in numbers; to swarm; to
        throng.
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              The whole company crowded about the fire. --Addison.
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              Images came crowding on his mind faster than he
              could put them into words.            --Macaulay.
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     2. To urge or press forward; to force one's self; as, a man
        crowds into a room.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Crowd \Crowd\, n. [AS. croda. See Crowd, v. t. ]
     1. A number of things collected or closely pressed together;
        also, a number of things adjacent to each other.
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              A crowd of islands.                   --Pope.
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     2. A number of persons congregated or collected into a close
        body without order; a throng.
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              The crowd of Vanity Fair.             --Macaulay.
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              Crowds that stream from yawning doors. --Tennyson.
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     3. The lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar; the
        rabble; the mob.
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              To fool the crowd with glorious lies. --Tennyson.
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              He went not with the crowd to see a shrine.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     Syn: Throng; multitude. See Throng.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Crowd \Crowd\ (kroud), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crowded; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Crowding.] [OE. crouden, cruden, AS. cr[=u]dan; cf.
     D. kruijen to push in a wheelbarrow.]
     1. To push, to press, to shove. --Chaucer.
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     2. To press or drive together; to mass together. ``Crowd us
        and crush us.'' --Shak.
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     3. To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to
        encumber by excess of numbers or quantity.
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              The balconies and verandas were crowded with
              spectators, anxious to behold their future
              sovereign.                            --Prescott.
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     4. To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat
        discourteously or unreasonably. [Colloq.]
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     To crowd out, to press out; specifically, to prevent the
        publication of; as, the press of other matter crowded out
        the article.
  
     To crowd sail (Naut.), to carry an extraordinary amount of
        sail, with a view to accelerate the speed of a vessel; to
        carry a press of sail.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Crowd \Crowd\, v. t.
     To play on a crowd; to fiddle. [Obs.] ``Fiddlers, crowd on.''
     --Massinger.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Crowd \Crowd\, n. [AS. croda. See Crowd, v. t. ]
     1. A number of things collected or closely pressed together;
        also, a number of things adjacent to each other.
  
              A crowd of islands.                   --Pope.
  
     2. A number of persons congregated or collected into a close
        body without order; a throng.
  
              The crowd of Vanity Fair.             --Macaulay.
  
              Crowds that stream from yawning doors. --Tennyson.
  
     3. The lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar; the
        rabble; the mob.
  
              To fool the crowd with glorious lies. --Tennyson.
  
              He went not with the crowd to see a shrine.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     Syn: Throng; multitude. See Throng.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Crowd \Crowd\ (kroud), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crowded; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Crowding.] [OE. crouden, cruden, AS. cr?dan; cf. D.
     kruijen to push in a wheelbarrow.]
     1. To push, to press, to shove. --Chaucer.
  
     2. To press or drive together; to mass together. ``Crowd us
        and crush us.'' --Shak.
  
     3. To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to
        encumber by excess of numbers or quantity.
  
              The balconies and verandas were crowded with
              spectators, anxious to behold their future
              sovereign.                            --Prescott.
  
     4. To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat
        discourteously or unreasonably. [Colloq.]
  
     To crowd out, to press out; specifically, to prevent the
        publication of; as, the press of other matter crowded out
        the article.
  
     To crowd sail (Naut.), to carry an extraordinary amount of
        sail, with a view to accelerate the speed of a vessel; to
        carry a press of sail.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Crowd \Crowd\, n. [W. crwth; akin to Gael. cruit. Perh. named
     from its shape, and akin to Gr. kyrto`s curved, and E. curve.
     Cf. Rote.]
     An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of
     violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played
     with a bow. [Written also croud, crowth, cruth, and
     crwth.]
  
           A lackey that . . . can warble upon a crowd a little.
                                                    --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Crowd \Crowd\, v. t.
     To play on a crowd; to fiddle. [Obs.] ``Fiddlers, crowd on.''
     --Massinger.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Crowd \Crowd\, v. i.
     1. To press together or collect in numbers; to swarm; to
        throng.
  
              The whole company crowded about the fire. --Addison.
  
              Images came crowding on his mind faster than he
              could put them into words.            --Macaulay.
  
     2. To urge or press forward; to force one's self; as, a man
        crowds into a room.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  crowd
       n 1: a large number of things or people considered together; "a
            crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"
       2: an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the
          same crowd" [syn: crew, gang, bunch]
       v 1: cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the
            children into a spare classroom" [syn: herd]
       2: fill or occupy to the point of overflowing; "The students
          crowded the auditorium"
       3: to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters
          and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" [syn: crowd
          together]
       4: approach a certain age or speed; "She is pushing fifty"
          [syn: push]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  crowd
     Αγγλικά n.
     πλήθος (αντικειμένων)
     Αγγλικά vb.
     (''για πλήθος ανθρώπων'') συγκεντρώνομαι σε μεγάλες ποσότητες,
  πλημμυρίζω ένα χώρο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  crowd
     n.
     1 A group of people congregated or collected into a close body
  without order.
     2 Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some
  things adjacent to each other.
     3 (lb en with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people;
  the populace, vulgar.
     4 A group of people united or at least characterised by a common
  interest.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To press forward; to advance by pushing.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To press together or collect in numbers
     3 (lb en transitive) To press or drive together, especially into a
  small space; to cram.
     4 (lb en transitive) To fill by pressing or thronging together
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) (alternative form of en crwth)
     2 (lb en now dialectal) A fiddle.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete intransitive) To play on a crowd; to fiddle.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  crowd
     n.
     1 A group of people congregated or collected into a close body
  without order.
     2 Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some
  things adjacent to each other.
     3 (lb en with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people;
  the populace, vulgar.
     4 A group of people united or at least characterised by a common
  interest.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To press forward; to advance by pushing.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To press together or collect in numbers
     3 (lb en transitive) To press or drive together, especially into a
  small space; to cram.
     4 (lb en transitive) To fill by pressing or thronging together
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) (alternative form of en crwth)
     2 (lb en now dialectal) A fiddle.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete intransitive) To play on a crowd; to fiddle.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  crowd
     n.
     1 A group of people congregated or collected into a close body
  without order.
     2 Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some
  things adjacent to each other.
     3 (lb en with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people;
  the populace, vulgar.
     4 A group of people united or at least characterised by a common
  interest.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To press forward; to advance by pushing.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To press together or collect in numbers
     3 (lb en transitive) To press or drive together, especially into a
  small space; to cram.
     4 (lb en transitive) To fill by pressing or thronging together
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) (alternative form of en crwth)
     2 (lb en now dialectal) A fiddle.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete intransitive) To play on a crowd; to fiddle.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  crowd
     n.
     1 A group of people congregated or collected into a close body
  without order.
     2 Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some
  things adjacent to each other.
     3 (lb en with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people;
  the populace, vulgar.
     4 A group of people united or at least characterised by a common
  interest.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To press forward; to advance by pushing.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To press together or collect in numbers
     3 (lb en transitive) To press or drive together, especially into a
  small space; to cram.
     4 (lb en transitive) To fill by pressing or thronging together
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) (alternative form of en crwth)
     2 (lb en now dialectal) A fiddle.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete intransitive) To play on a crowd; to fiddle.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  crowd
     Englanti n.
     1 väkijoukko, ihmisjoukko, kansanjoukko
     2 joukko, sakki, tietty (aatteellinen tms.) porukka
     3 rahvas
     4 kasa, röykkiö
     Englanti vb.
     1 kerääntyä, tungeksia
     2 tunkea, ahtaa täyteen
     3 säilyttää, lastata
     4 ahdistaa
     5 vahtia, tuijottaa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  crowd
     Engelska n.
     folkmassa
     Engelska vb.
     trängas runt

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  crowd /kɹˈaʊd/
  massa, menigte, skare, stapel

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Crowd /kɹˈaʊd/
  الحشد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  crowd //kɹaʊd// 
  1. нава́лица, тълпа́
  group of people
  2. куп
  group of things
  3. тълпа́
  the “lower orders” of people

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  crowd //kɹaʊd// 
  тълпя се
  to press together in numbers

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  crowd /kɹˈaʊd/ 
  dav

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  crowd /kɹˈaʊd/
  zástup

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  crowd /kɹˈaʊd/ 
  tlačenice

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  crowd /kɹˈaʊd/ 
  kompars

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  crowd /kɹˈaʊd/
  houf

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  crowd /kɹˈaʊd/
  mačkanice

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  crowd /kɹˈaʊd/ 
  ymdyrru