crowd

«crowd» in Mova's school dictionary: a large group of people together in one place — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) A crowd is a large group of people together in one place. tree →

2) To crowd means to gather closely together, or to fill a place so it is very full. tree →

3) To crowd someone means to stand too close to them. tree →

sense 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 →
• The crowd cheered when our team scored. tree →
• If you get lost in a crowd, find someone in uniform. tree →
• People crowded around the street magician. tree →
• Don't crowd him; give him some space. tree →
• The train was crowded this morning. tree →
• About 50,000 people were in the crowd. tree →
• Hold my hand so we don't get separated in the crowd. tree →
• The beach is disgracefully crowded this season. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• Desert locusts are grasshoppers that, when crowded, change colour and behaviour and form swarms of billions that eat crops.
• Ueno Zoo in Tokyo opened in 1882 and is Japan's oldest zoo; giant panda twins born there in 2021 drew huge crowds.
• Feeding huge crowds of pigeons with bread makes too many pigeons, and birds packed in crowds spread mess and illness more easily.
• That's just like him, says the Rat — he hates crowds and parties.
• More similes do not make a better poem: a few strong ones beat a crowd of weak ones.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «crowd» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.