crowd

Definition

  • verb: to fill (something) so that there is little or no room for anyone or anything else
  • verb: to press on
  • usually used with 'the'
  • synonyms: hurry, urge, dun

Examples

  • He said he broke up with his last girlfriend because she was beginning to 'crowd' him. [=she was not allowing him enough privacy and independence]

  • Her parents are concerned that she's been hanging out with 'a bad crowd'. [=with people who do illegal or immoral things]

  • He was never one to 'follow the crowd', so we weren't surprised when he dropped out of college to start his own business.

Movie quotes

  • (..) (SNARLS) (TULIP AND JUNIOR SCREAMING) (WIND WHOOSHING) - Always deliver! - (JUNIOR YELLING) (CROWD CHEERING) Whoo! You did it! I can hear my bones. (LAUGHS) Yeah, we should land because this hurts so much. We did it! We did it! We're a family! (..)
    2016 Storks
  • (..) TULIP: They're headed towards the flight deck. What? It calms me. Presenting the world's first round box Sphericus! (CROWD GASPS) Circles can hold dreams! (CROWD CH EERING) How are we gonna get through this crowd? SPHERICUS: Hello. I'm full of dreams! (..)
    2016 Storks