A2verb · transitive · frequent

crowd

crowd · crowds · crowded · crowding

давити

давить, крушить, дробить

zerdrücken

To press forward; to advance by pushingTo press forward; to advance by pushing.

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/ˈkɹaʊ̯d/

» There was a large crowd there.

Там была большая толпа. — soweli_Elepanto

Там був великий натовп. — deniko

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Meaning

9 senses

(intransitive)To press forward; to advance by pushing.
The man crowded into the packed room.
(intransitive)To press together or collect in numbers.
They crowded through the archway and into the park.
to gather together in large numbers
(transitive)To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.
He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
(transitive)To fill by pressing or thronging together
(often, transitive)To push, to press, to shove.
They tried to crowd her off the sidewalk.
To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.
(transitive)To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.
(transitive)To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.
(intransitive, obsolete)To play on a crowd; to fiddle.

Examples

1112 sentences

There was a large crowd there.
Там був великий натовп. — deniko
ruТам была большая толпа. — soweli_Elepanto
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A crowd was gathering around him.
Навколо нього збирався натовп. — brambury
ruВокруг него собиралась толпа. — marafon
deEine Menschenmenge versammelte sich um ihn. — Wolf
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They found Tom in the crowd.
Вони знайшли Тома у натовпі. — deniko
ruОни нашли Тома в толпе. — SilverBaby
deSie fanden Tom in der Menschenmenge. — jakov
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The soccer game attracted a large crowd.
Футбольний матч привернув увагу великого натовпу. — deniko
deDas Fußballspiel zog eine große Menschenmenge an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I made my way through the crowd.
Я проклав свій шлях крізь натовп. — mutternoise
ruЯ проложил свой путь через толпу. — Biga
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Origin

From Middle English crouden, from Old English crūdan, from Proto-West Germanic *krūdan, fr

From Middle English crouden, from Old English crūdan, from Proto-West Germanic *krūdan, from Proto-Germanic *krūdaną, *kreudaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *grewt- (“to push; press”). Cognate with German Low German kroden (“to push, shove”), Dutch kruien (“to push, shove”).

Inherited from Middle English crowde, from Welsh crwth or a Celtic cognate.

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Forms

crowds, crowding, crowded, crowded

Base form	crowd · to crowd
3rd person singular	crowds
Present participle	crowding
Past simple	crowded
Past participle	crowded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	crowd
he, she, it	crowds

Past simpleLesson

all persons

crowded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have crowded
he, she, it	has crowded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will crowd

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

11 synonyms

swarmB1 crushB1 pileA2 barge throng crowd in horde becrowd

Close in meaning

to gather together in large numbers:crowd together
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together:herd
approach a certain age or speed:push

Word family

9 related words

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

12 patterns

in the crowd
through the crowd
was very crowded
crowd of people
the crowd is
a large crowd
large crowd
crowded in here
was so crowded
a crowd of
into the crowd
so crowded that