a large crowd (of people) gathered

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• crowd — ► NOUN 1) a large number of people gathered together. 2) a large audience, especially at a sporting event. 3) informal, often derogatory a group of people with a common interest. ► VERB 1) (of a number of people) fill (a space) almost completely …   English terms dictionary

• crowd — n. & v. n. 1 a large number of people gathered together, usu. without orderly arrangement. 2 a mass of spectators; an audience. 3 colloq. a particular company or set of people (met the crowd from the sales department). 4 (prec. by the) the mass… …   Useful english dictionary

• crowd — noun a large number of people gathered together. ↘a large audience, especially at a sporting event. ↘informal, often derogatory a group of people with a common interest. verb 1》 [often as adjective crowded] (of a number of people) fill (a space)… …   English new terms dictionary

• crowd — crowd1 [kroud] vi. [ME crouden < OE crudan, to press, drive, akin to MHG kroten, to oppress < IE base * greut , to compel, press > CURD, Ir gruth, curdled milk] 1. to press, push, or squeeze 2. to push one s way (forward, into, through,… …   English World dictionary

• crowd — crowd1 crowder, n. /krowd/, n. 1. a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng: a crowd of angry people. 2. any large number of persons. 3. any group or set of persons with something in common: The restaurant attracts a theater… …   Universalium

• crowd — crowd1 W2S2 [kraud] n 1.) a large group of people who have gathered together to do something, for example to watch something or protest about something crowd of ▪ a crowd of angry protesters ▪ a crowd of 30,000 spectators ▪ There were crowds of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• crowd — [[t]kra͟ʊd[/t]] ♦♦ crowds, crowding, crowded 1) N COUNT COLL: oft N of n A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something. A huge crowd gathered… …   English dictionary

• crowd — I [[t]kraʊd[/t]] n. 1) a large number of persons gathered together; throng 2) any group of persons having something in common: the theater crowd[/ex] 3) a group of spectators; audience: the opening night crowd[/ex] 4) the common people; the… …   From formal English to slang

• crowd — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gathering, concourse, horde, press, mass, gang, mob, multitude; host, herd, swarm, rout, crush, throng; informal, set, coterie, clique; populace, rabble, hoi polloi. See assemblage. II (Roget s IV) n …   English dictionary for students

• crowd — I UK [kraʊd] / US noun Word forms crowd : singular crowd plural crowds *** 1) a) [countable] a large number of people in the same place The boys disappeared into the crowd. a crowd of 30,000 An angry crowd had gathered on the steps of the palace …   English dictionary

• crowd — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 large number of people in one place ADJECTIVE ▪ big, bumper (BrE), capacity, enormous, good, great, huge, large, massive …   Collocations dictionary