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crowds

The correct spelling is crowds.

How to pronounce crowds

noun

IPA: /kɹaʊdz/

Say it like: Cro-wds

The correct spelling is crowds. A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order. For example: "After the movie let out, a crowd of people pushed through the exit doors."

Usage Examples

After the movie let out, a crowd of people pushed through the exit doors.

There was a crowd of toys pushed beneath the couch where the children were playing.

That obscure author's fans were a nerdy crowd which hardly ever interacted before the Internet age.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
  2. 2.Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.
  3. 3.(with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace, vulgar.
  4. 4.A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.
  5. 5.(now dialectal) A fiddle.

verb

  1. 1.To press forward; to advance by pushing.
  2. 2.To press together or collect in numbers
  3. 3.To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.
  4. 4.To fill by pressing or thronging together
  5. 5.(often used with "out of" or "off") To push, to press, to shove.

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