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crowd
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noun [C] 
a large group of people who have gathered together 

A crowd formed outside the club.
Crowds of people watched the fireworks.
(INFORMAL) A crowd is also a group of friends: I don't know many people in Edsel's crowd.
A crowd is also a group of people with similar interests: the art/theater crowd

crowd
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verb [I/T] 
(of people) to fill a place 

Street vendors crowded the sidewalks.
As soon as he appeared, reporters crowded around him.
If you crowd someone, you make them uncomfortable by standing too close to them: Don't crowd me!
If people crowd into a place, they fill it completely: Commuters crowded into the train.

crowded
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adjective 
full of people 

By ten o'clock the bar was crowded.

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