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English noun: crowd | |||
| 1. | crowd (group) a large number of things or people considered together | ||
| Samples | A crowd of insects assembled around the flowers. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assemblage, gathering | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | army, crush, drove, flock, horde, huddle, jam, mob, phalanx, press, rabble, rout, swarm, troop | ||
| 2. | crowd (group) an informal body of friends | ||
| Samples | He still hangs out with the same crowd. | ||
| Synonyms | bunch, crew, gang | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assemblage, gathering | ||
English verb: crowd | |||
| 1. | crowd (motion) cause to herd, drive, or crowd together | ||
| Samples | We herded the children into a spare classroom. | ||
| Synonyms | herd | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | overcrowd | ||
| 2. | crowd (stative) fill or occupy to the point of overflowing | ||
| Samples | The students crowded the auditorium. | ||
| Examples | The crowds crowd in the streets | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fill, occupy | ||
| 3. | crowd (motion) to gather together in large numbers | ||
| Samples | Men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah. | ||
| Synonyms | crowd together | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | herd, jam, mass, mob, overcrowd, pack, pile, pour, pullulate, stream, swarm, teem, throng | ||
| 4. | crowd (motion) approach a certain age or speed | ||
| Samples | She is pushing fifty. | ||
| Synonyms | push | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near | ||
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