crowd
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(verb) to gather together in large numbers: "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah." |
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Synonyms: crowd together, draw together |
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Related Words: collect, congregate, gather, herd, jam, mass, mob, overcrowd, pack, pile, pour, stream, swarm, throng |
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(verb) fill or occupy to the point of overflowing; "The students crowded the auditorium" |
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Related Words: fill, occupy |
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(noun) a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" |
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Related Words: army, assemblage, crush, drove, flock, gathering, horde, jam, mob, phalanx, press, rabble, rout, swarm, troop |
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(noun) an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" |
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Synonyms: bunch, crew, gang |
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Related Words: assemblage, gathering |
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(verb) cause to herd, drive, or crowd together |
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Synonyms: herd |
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Related Words: displace, move, overcrowd |
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(verb) approach a certain age or speed: "She is pushing fifty" |
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Synonyms: push |
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Related Words: approach, come near, come on, draw near, go up, near |
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