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crowding

 
Noun crowding has 1 sense
  1. crowding - a situation in which people or things are crowded together; "he didn't like the crowding on the beach"
    --1 is a kind of
    situation, state of affairs
    --1 has particulars: congestion, over-crowding
    Derived forms: verb crowd2, verb crowd1, verb crowd3
Verb crowd has 4 senses
  1. herd, crowd - cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
    --1 is one way to move, displace
    Derived forms: noun crowd1, noun crowding1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
    Somebody ----s something PP
  2. crowd - fill or occupy to the point of overflowing; "The students crowded the auditorium"
    --2 is one way to
    occupy, fill
    Derived forms: noun crowd1, noun crowding1
    Sample sentence:
    The crowds crowd in the streets
  3. crowd, crowd together - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"
    --3 is one way to meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
    Derived forms: noun crowd1, noun crowding1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  4. push, crowd - approach a certain age or speed; "She is pushing fifty"
    --4 is one way to approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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