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• he pushed his way through the crowd.
• a small crowd had gathered outside the church.
• police had to break up the crowd.
• crowds of people poured into the street.

crowd

1. a large number of people gathered together in a public place, for example in the streets or at a sports game
• He pushed his way through the crowd.
• A small crowd had gathered outside the church.
• Police had to break up the crowd.
• Crowds of people poured into the street.
• I want to get there early to avoid the crowds.
• The match attracted a capacity crowd of 80 000.
• The crowd cheered the winning hit.
• crowd control
• crowd trouble
• A whole crowd of us are going to the ball (= a lot of us).
• He left the hotel surrounded by crowds of journalists.
2. a particular group of people
• Bob introduced her to some of the usual crowd (= people who often meet each other).
• the bright young theatrical crowd
3. ordinary people, not special or unusual in any way
• We all like to think we stand out from the crowd (= are different from and better than other people).
• He prefers to be one of the crowd.
• She's quite happy to follow the crowd.

Extra Examples

• A crowd thronged around the wounded man.
• After the ambulance drove off, the crowd dispersed.
• An expectant crowd gathered outside his house.
• Boxing is a sport that always attracts large crowds.
• Crowds have been flocking to the beaches in this hot weather.
• Crowds lined the streets of the city as the president’s car approached.
• I saw some familiar faces in the crowd.
• If you want to avoid the crowds, get there early.
• Police were called to disperse the crowd.
• She didn’t win but she was clearly the crowd favourite/favorite.
• She fought her way through the crowd.
• She was afraid she might get lost in the crowd.
• She’s happy to follow the crowd.
• The crowd grew to over 15 000.
• The crowd rushed forward.
• The president read a declaration to a vast assembled crowd.
• The show played to capacity crowds.
• To her I’m just another face in the crowd.
• We all like to think we stand out from the crowd.
• We pushed our way through the milling crowds of guests.
• a big crowd of football supporters
• crowds thronging the streets of Rio
• the usual motley crowd of tourists, hawkers and pigeons
• A whole crowd of us are going to the ball.
• Bob introduced him to some of the usual crowd.
• By this time, it was attracting a more Bohemian and disreputable crowd.
• Do you ever see any of the old crowd from college?
• He got in with the wrong crowd.
• Nearly 300 marshals will be involved in crowd control.
• The bar attracts a slightly older crowd.
• The game attracted a capacity crowd of 80 000.
• They are a great bunch/crowd of people to work with.
• They were a bit of a motley bunch/crowd.

Word Origin

• Old English crūdan ‘press, hasten’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruien ‘push in a wheelbarrow’. In Middle English the senses ‘move by pushing’ and ‘push one's way’ arose, leading to the sense ‘congregate’, and hence (mid 16th cent.) to the noun.