crowds

We have found lemma(root) word of crowds : crowd.

Definitions


[kraʊd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large number of people gathered together in a disorganized or unruly way
(e.g: a huge crowd gathered in the street outside)


Phrases:
- stand out from the crowd

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 century) to the noun


[kraʊd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a number of people) fill (a space) almost completely, leaving little or no room for movement
(e.g: the dance floor was crowded with revellers)

- move too close to (someone)
(e.g: don't crowd her, she needs air)

- exclude someone or something by taking their place
(e.g: rampant plants will crowd out the less vigorous)


Phrases:
- stand out from the crowd

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 century) to the noun




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