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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Crowd \Crowd\ (kroud), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crowded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Crowding}.] [OE. crouden, cruden, AS. cr[=u]dan; cf.
D. kruijen to push in a wheelbarrow.]
1. To push, to press, to shove. --Chaucer.
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2. To press or drive together; to mass together. "Crowd us
and crush us." --Shak.
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3. To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to
encumber by excess of numbers or quantity.
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The balconies and verandas were crowded with
spectators, anxious to behold their future
sovereign. --Prescott.
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4. To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat
discourteously or unreasonably. [Colloq.]
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{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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