crowd
A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without orderA group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
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» There was a large crowd there.
Там была большая толпа. — soweli_Elepanto
Там був великий натовп. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 sensesA group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
After the movie let out, a crowd of people pushed through the exit doors.
Gedränge, Menge, Volk
толпа́tolpá
на́товпnátovp, гуртhurt
Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.
There was a crowd of toys pushed beneath the couch where the children were playing.
Haufen
ку́чаkúča
ку́паkúpa, ку́чаkúča
(with definite article)The so-called lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar.
толпа́tolpá, сбродsbrod
A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.
That obscure author's fans were a nerdy crowd which hardly ever interacted before the Internet age.
We're concerned that our daughter has fallen in with a bad crowd.
(dialectal)A fiddle.
- a large number of things or people considered together
- an informal body of friends
Examples
1112 sentencesThere was a large crowd there.
Там був великий натовп. — deniko
ruТам была большая толпа. — soweli_Elepanto
A crowd was gathering around him.
Навколо нього збирався натовп. — brambury
ruВокруг него собиралась толпа. — marafon
deEine Menschenmenge versammelte sich um ihn. — Wolf
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
The soccer game attracted a large crowd.
Футбольний матч привернув увагу великого натовпу. — deniko
deDas Fußballspiel zog eine große Menschenmenge an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I made my way through the crowd.
Я проклав свій шлях крізь натовп. — mutternoise
ruЯ проложил свой путь через толпу. — Biga
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English crouden, from Old English crūdan, from Proto-West Germanic *krūdan, frFrom 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
plural: crowdsSynonyms
29 synonymsWord family
42 related wordsCollocations
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
See also
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