CROWD
What does "CROWD" mean?
A large number of people gathered together in one place.
Meanings
- A large group of people gathered closely together. A crowd filled the square to hear the speech.
- A particular set or clique of people. She started hanging out with a new crowd at school. informal
- To gather closely or fill a space in large numbers. Fans crowded around the stage door for hours.
- To press uncomfortably close to someone, leaving no room. Stop crowding me - I need space to think.
Did you know?
- 'Crowd' started as a verb, not a thing: Old English 'crudan' meant to press or push, so a crowd is named for the shoving, not the gathering.
Word origin
From Old English 'crudan' (to press, hasten, drive); the noun sense of a throng of people is a later development from the verb 'to press together'.
A little poem
A thousand strangers-
one wave of sound, one held breath,
no single name left.
haiku
Wordplay
- Two is company, three is a crowd - and four is a group project nobody wanted.
What it teaches
A crowd is named for pressure, not warmth: being surrounded is not the same as being met.
Quick facts
What does CROWD mean?
A large number of people gathered together in one place.
Is CROWD a valid word?
Yes — CROWD is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CROWD?
CROWD has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CROWD come from?
From Old English 'crudan' (to press, hasten, drive); the noun sense of a throng of people is a later development from the verb 'to press together'.
What can CROWD teach us?
A crowd is named for pressure, not warmth: being surrounded is not the same as being met.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.