crowd

About 22.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To press forward; to advance by pushing.

   The man crowded into the packed room.

2. verb To press together or collect in numbers.

   They crowded through the archway and into the park.

3. verb To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.

   He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen.

4. verb To fill by pressing or thronging together
5. verb To push, to press, to shove.

   They tried to crowd her off the sidewalk.

6. verb To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.
7. verb To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.
8. verb To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.

Similar words

crowd together push gang crew bunch draw together herd crowdedness huddle crush

Often followed by

of and was in that to had at the

Word family

crowded crowding crowds crwth