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verb

Crowd v. t. (past & past part. crowded; pres. part. crowding)

To push, to press, to shove.

To press or drive together; to mass together. "Crowd us and crush us."

To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity. "The balconies and verandas were crowded with spectators, anxious to behold their future sovereign."

To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably. (Colloq.)

To crowd out, to press out; specifically, to prevent the publication of; as, the press of other matter crowded out the article.

To crowd sail (Naut.), to carry an extraordinary amount of sail, with a view to accelerate the speed of a vessel; to carry a press of sail.

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... carried babies in their arms and were followed by older children who clung to their skirts. Policemen led this crowd out of the station and started them along a street which would bring them out into the country, but while they were passing the library they were showered by the stone work as it fell when hit by the German shells. One shell, striking the street itself, killed three of the six children ...

— The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) - History of the European War from Official Sources • Various

... from all parts of the room. "Don't let the door be opened. Nothing could keep Lemuel and his crowd out if they once ...

— Room Number 3 - and Other Detective Stories • Anna Katharine Green

... business," he said. "The hotel pours its crowd out. It isn't amusing. We can dance here ...

— Who Cares? • Cosmo Hamilton

... throughout the land is that there is a scarcely remarkable dearth of rural labour. Farm hands are not quite as plentiful as they used to be, and there is some difficulty in getting damsels to churn butter. But, on the other hand, we are driving this mob of cultured yokels into the towns to crowd out local labour, to starve, and to ...

— The Curse of Education • Harold E. Gorst

... after them and falling at last into the extended arms of her husband—rather unsteady under the weight—while the stiffly polite gentlemen formed a compact crowd out to the door. Mrs. Griffin was led, with no little difficulty, through the seated guests, bestowing bows, and smiles, and "Glad to see you, my dear Mr. Dripps," and "How well you're looking, my dear Mrs. Abbert," and "Welcome, gentlemen," (whereat a murmur ran through ...

— In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I - Christmas Tales from 'Round the World • Various

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