crowd

crowd1 [ kraud ] noun ***

1. ) count 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 City Hall.

Crowds of people began making their way to the station.

a ) a large group of people at an event:

He takes off his shirt and the crowd goes wild.

2. ) singular INFORMAL a group of friends:

I spent an evening out with the usual crowd.

follow the crowd/go with the crowd

to do or think the same as the majority of people

stand out in a crowd

to be very different and easy to notice

crowd

crowd 2 [ kraud ] verb *

1. ) intransitive to move to a particular place at the same time as a lot of other people:

crowd into: We crowded into the kitchen with the others.

crowd around: Everyone in the restaurant crowded around them and started singing.

2. ) transitive if a group of people crowd a place, they make it full by being in it:

Hundreds of people crowded the streets.

3. ) transitive if things such as thoughts or memories crowd your mind, your mind becomes full of them:

Images of the accident kept crowding my mind.

4. ) transitive to stand so close to someone that it annoys them or makes them feel nervous:

Don't crowd me!

,crowd `out phrasal verb transitive

to become stronger or more successful than another group so that they fail or can no longer compete with you:

The old inhabitants are being crowded out by rich young professionals.

Traditional industries were crowded out with the growth of mass tourism.