crowd

n 1: a large number of things or people considered together; "a

crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"

2: an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the

same crowd" [syn: {crew}, {gang}, {bunch}]

v 1: cause to herd, drive, or crowd together [syn: {herd}]

2: fill or occupy to the point of overflowing; "The students

crowded the auditorium"

3: to gather together in large numbers: "men in straw boaters

and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah." [syn: {crowd

together}, {draw together}]

4: approach a certain age or speed: "She is pushing fifty"

[syn: {push}]