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# crowd

noun (a crowd, crowds); verb (crowd, crowds, crowded, crowding)

«crowd» in the English dictionary: everyday and Meaning — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A crowd is a large group of people together in one place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crowd/#m1)
2. To crowd means to gather closely together, or to fill a place so it is very full. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crowd/#m2)
3. To crowd someone means to stand too close to them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crowd/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and safety, crowds gather at matches, concerts, markets and parades; children should agree on a meeting place in case they get lost in a crowd and find a staff member or a police officer if they do. In stories, a crowd cheers or gasps. In maths, crowd sizes are estimated and rounded (about 40,000 fans). Phrases: in the crowd, a crowd of, crowd around, the crowd went wild, crowded.

### Examples

- A huge crowd watched the parade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crowd/#x1)
- The crowd cheered when our team scored. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crowd/#x2)
- If you get lost in a crowd, find someone in uniform. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crowd/#x3)
- People crowded around the street magician. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crowd/#x4)
- Don't crowd him; give him some space. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crowd/#x5)
- The train was crowded this morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crowd/#x6)
- About 50,000 people were in the crowd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crowd/#x7)
- Hold my hand so we don't get separated in the crowd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crowd/#x8)
- The beach is disgracefully crowded this season. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crowd/#x9)

### Note

Countable: a crowd, crowds. Adjective: crowded (very full of people). A crowd can take a singular or plural verb in British English: «the crowd was/were cheering». Crowd = people; herd/flock = animals.

## Meaning

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «crowd» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crowd/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«crowd» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/crowd.html) on Mova free.