Dictionary definition · crowd
noun
- a large number of things or people considered together"a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"
- an informal body of friends"he still hangs out with the same crowd"
verb
- cause to herd, drive, or crowd together"We herded the children into a spare classroom"
- fill or occupy to the point of overflowing"The students crowded the auditorium"
- to gather together in large numbers"men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"
- approach a certain age or speed"She is pushing fifty"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).