crowd (
http://definr.com/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; "We herded the
children into a spare classroom" [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}]
4: approach a certain age or speed: "She is pushing fifty"
[syn:
push]