What does crowd mean?

Definitions for crowd
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. crowdnoun

    a large number of things or people considered together

    "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"

  2. crowd, crew, gang, bunchverb

    an informal body of friends

    "he still hangs out with the same crowd"

  3. herd, crowdverb

    cause to herd, drive, or crowd together

    "We herded the children into a spare classroom"

  4. crowdverb

    fill or occupy to the point of overflowing

    "The students crowded the auditorium"

  5. crowd, crowd togetherverb

    to gather together in large numbers

    "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"

  6. push, crowdverb

    approach a certain age or speed

    "She is pushing fifty"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. CROWDnoun

    Etymology: cruð, Saxon.

    He could then compare the confusion of a multitude to that tumult he had observed in the Icarian sea, dashing and breaking among its crowd of islands. Essay on Homer.

    He went not with the crowd to see a shrine,
    But fed us by the way, with food divine. John Dryden, Fables.

    His fiddle is your proper purchase,
    Won in the service of the churches;
    And by your doom must be allow’d
    To be, or be no more, a crowd. Hudibras, p. i. cant. 2.

  2. To Crowdverb

    Etymology: from the noun.

    A mind which is ever crowding its memory with things which it learns, may cramp the invention itself. Isaac Watts.

    The time misorder’d, doth in common sense
    Crowd us and crush us to this monstrous form,
    To hold our safety up. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

    It seems probable, that the sea doth still grow narrower from age to age, and sinks more within its channel and the bowels of the earth, according as it can make its way into all those subterraneous cavities, and crowd the air out of them. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

    As the mind itself is thought to take up no space, so its actions seem to require no time; but many of them seem to be crowded into an instant. John Locke.

    Then let us fill
    This little interval, this pause of life,
    With all the virtues we can crowd into it. Joseph Addison, Cato.

    How short is life! Why will vain courtiers toil,
    And crowd a vainer monarch for a smile? George Granville.

  3. To Crowdverb

    They follow their undaunted king;
    Crowd through their gates; and in the fields of light,
    The shocking squadrons meet in mortal fight. John Dryden, Virgil.

    A mighty man, had not some cunning sin,
    Amidst so many virtues, crowded in. Abraham Cowley, Davideis.

ChatGPT

  1. crowd

    A crowd refers to a large group of people gathered together in a particular place or space, forming a collective mass or gathering. Crowds can vary in size and purpose, ranging from social gatherings, protests, sporting events, or any other scenario where a large number of individuals come together. The presence of a crowd often implies a shared interest, objective, or activity that brings people together and fosters a sense of community or collective energy.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Crowdverb

    to push, to press, to shove

  2. Crowdverb

    to press or drive together; to mass together

  3. Crowdverb

    to fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity

  4. Crowdverb

    to press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably

  5. Crowdverb

    to press together or collect in numbers; to swarm; to throng

  6. Crowdverb

    to urge or press forward; to force one's self; as, a man crowds into a room

  7. Crowdverb

    a number of things collected or closely pressed together; also, a number of things adjacent to each other

  8. Crowdverb

    a number of persons congregated or collected into a close body without order; a throng

  9. Crowdverb

    the lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar; the rabble; the mob

  10. Crowdnoun

    an ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow

  11. Crowdverb

    to play on a crowd; to fiddle

  12. Etymology: [W. crwth; akin to Gael. cruit. Perh. named from its shape, and akin to Gr. kyrto`s curved, and E. curve. Cf. Rote.]

Wikidata

  1. Crowd

    A crowd is a small and definable group of people, while "the crowd" is referred to as the so-called lower orders of people in general. A crowd may be definable through a common purpose or set of emotions, such as at a political rally, at a sports event, or during looting, or simply be made up of many people going about their business in a busy area. Everybody in the context of general public or the common people is normally referred to as the masses.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Crowd

    krowd, n. a number of persons or things closely pressed together, without order: the rabble: multitude.—v.t. to gather into a lump or crowd: to fill by pressing or driving together: to compress.—v.i. to press on: to press together in numbers: to swarm.—p.adj. Crowd′ed.—Crowd sail, to carry a press of sail for speed. [A.S. crúdan, to press.]

  2. Crowd

    krowd, n. (obs.) an ancient musical instrument of the nature of the violin.—n. Crowd′er (obs.), a fiddler. [W. crwth, a hollow protuberance, a fiddle; Gael., Ir. cruit.]

Etymology and Origins

  1. Crowd

    Theatrical slang for members of a company collectively.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'crowd' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2384

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'crowd' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3466

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'crowd' in Nouns Frequency: #826

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of crowd in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of crowd in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of crowd in a Sentence

  1. County Commission Chairman John Koenig:

    October 1 refers to Las Vegas, the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history. On Wednesday, county officials said they believe 1,000 to 3,000 people could potentially show up in the town of Amargosa Valley, which has a population of nearly 1,000 people. County Commission Chairman John Koenig laid out what could happen if a crowd that large ends up appearing inAmargosa. Nye County Commissioner Leo Blundo says if even 3,000 people show up to' Storm Area 51,' Nye County will put an enormous strain on the small town in Nevada. Be prepared not to have cell service, not to have Internet. There will probably be no water available, there will probably be no ice available because everything is going to sell out. There will probably be no gas left in the gas station, no food, nowhere to go potty, if youre coming, be prepared because its probably not going to be nice. STORM AREA 51 CRAZE CONTINUES AS 2M PEOPLE PLEDGE TO RAID SECRET GOVT MILITARY BASE He advised anyone planning to visit the area during the events should be prepared with food, water, and other essential items since those supplies will probably sell out very quickly. Authorities are also concerned about a massive influx of traffic that could lead to gridlock, stymying first responders and law enforcement if they are needed. County officials stressed they are worried that sources could get tied up with masses of people arriving on the lone highway in the area. Nye County commissioner Leo Blundo urged residents they should prepare by stocking up on food, water, gasoline, and prescription medication ahead of the weekend. Signs warn about trespassing at an entrance to the Nevada Test and Training Range near Area 51 outside of Rachel, Nev. ( AP Photo/John Locher, File) Cell phone service may also be impacted if thousands show up. Amargosa Town Board member Trevor Dolby told commissioners that cell phone towers in Amargosa Valley were not designed to support the thousands of people, according to FOX5. Whats scary is our 9-1-1 paging service goes through cell phones, Dolby said. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP Earlier this month, neighboring Lincoln County drafted an emergency declaration but gave conditional approval for events in tiny towns near the once top-secret U.S. Air Force test area. that has long been a focus of UFO conspiracy theories. Alien-themed graffiti adorns a rock along the Extraterrestrial Highway, near Rachel, Nev. ( AP Photo/John Locher) TheLittle ALeInn in Rachelisscheduling an eventcalledAlienstockon Sept. 20-22, while The Alien Research Center souvenir shop in Hiko has planned a Sept. 20-21 expo. Those events in Hiko and Rachel would be about 100 miles from Amargosa Valley. Rachelswebsite says the nearest gas stations are located 50 miles south in Ash Springs and 110 miles north in Tonopah. Officials in two rural Nevada counties have signed a state of emergency declaration ahead of the' Storm Area 51' event ; William La Jeunesse reports.

  2. Evelyn Colbert:

    So... how ya been ? i have not been on this stage in front of a live audience for 460 days. I don't know if I even remember how to pander to the most beautiful crowd in the world !

  3. Iraj Harirchi:

    Qassem Soleimani said. That was under Irans Shiite shah, toppled in the 1979 revolution. But even after, Iran fought off other outbreaks, and its hospitals, doctors and nurses are known as some of the best in the wider Middle East, with a network of clinics from villages to big cities. However, the system appears to be stretching at the seams, with online videos purporting to show field hospitals going up. Meanwhile, Irans Shiite 80 million people, whose sense of high risk has been dulled by years of international isolation, crowd into grocery stores and butcher shops, suspicious of anything in the state media. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, looms on Friday, a holiday when millions travel. The government repeatedly has stopped short of ordering any major travel restrictions. It hasnt explained why, but there could be worry about further angering its people or slowing down its anemic, sanctions-hurt economy. Online videos show Iranians ignoring government demands to stay home and moving instead toward the coast of the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. Residents of hard-hit Rasht, on Irans Shiite coast, have threatened to attack out-of-towners. We expect that, God willing, we can contain the rising trend of the disease, not the disease itself, by March 26, but I say this very frankly : if the great people dont cooperate, the disease will continue to be there until late May or even in June, and turn into a huge crisis. CLICK HERE FOR MORE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE And the man who once called quarantines a thing of the past added :.

  4. President Trump:

    He wanted to be among the people, so he went into the crowd, and they knocked the hell out of him. That was the end of him. So it was pretty, uh, pretty pathetic.

  5. Ted Koppel:

    When I disagreed, Sasha Baron Cohen showed me a photograph on Sasha Baron Cohen laptop of a huge inaugural crowd and a man holding a digital clock on a pole, the clock said 11 p.m. My interviewer pointed out that if the crowd was that huge at 11, hours after the actual inauguration, it had to have been the biggest ever.

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