crowd

English

/kɹaʊd/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To press forward; to advance by pushing.
  • (intransitive) To press together or collect in numbers
  • (transitive) To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.
  • (transitive) To fill by pressing or thronging together
  • (transitive) To push, to press, to shove.
  • (nautical) To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.
  • (nautical) To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.
  • (transitive) To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English crouden inherited from Old English crūdan (press) inherited from Proto-Germanic *krūdaną.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*krūdaną

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