What part of speech is crowd?

Crowd can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. crowd is a verb, present, 1st person singular of crowd (infinitive).
  • 2. crowd is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. crowd is a noun, singular of crowds.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does crowd mean?

Definitions

Verb

crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"
crowd - fill or occupy to the point of overflowing; "The students crowded the auditorium"
crowd - cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
crowd - approach a certain age or speed; "She is pushing fifty"

Noun

crowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"
crowd - an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd"

Examples of crowd

#   Sentence  
1. noun A crowd of insects assembled around the flowers.
2. noun He still hangs out with the same crowd.
3. noun Perhaps we should look at the death metal phenomenon less as an invitation to violence than as a couter-cultural response to the over hypocrisy of a large percentage of the 'Church-Morality' crowd, which gives a lot of lip service to loving thy neighbor, but doesn't apply that love very far beyond their own congregation.
4. noun The reported finding at Dugway undermines the argument of both the "bomb Iraq" crowd and the liberals focused on Dr. Steve Hatfill who object to US biodefense research because they view it as being useful for offensive purposes.
5. noun When we called the front desk about an extremely boisterous crowd in the hall outside our door quite late at night, it seemed to take the hotel staff quite a while to quiet them down.
6. noun The excited crowd poured out of the stadium.
7. noun The crowd may be on the side of Luciano, but the champ has got the skill to win and that's what matters.
8. noun His home run excited the crowd.
9. noun We lost sight of her in the crowd.
10. noun A big crowd gathered at the scene of the fire.
11. noun The crowd cheered the singer's entrance.
12. noun After the concert, the crowd made for the nearest door.
13. noun I heard someone in the crowd outside the station call my name.
14. noun The astronauts were greeted with cheers and applause of an enthusiastic crowd.
15. noun A girl approached the king from among the crowd.
16. verb People crowd around the light, not to see better, but rather to shine better.
17. verb Soon as our ships can trust the deep once more, / and South-winds chide, and Ocean smiles serene, / we crowd the beach, and launch, and town and shore / fade from our view.
Sentence  
noun
A crowd of insects assembled around the flowers.
He still hangs out with the same crowd.
Perhaps we should look at the death metal phenomenon less as an invitation to violence than as a couter-cultural response to the over hypocrisy of a large percentage of the 'Church-Morality' crowd, which gives a lot of lip service to loving thy neighbor, but doesn't apply that love very far beyond their own congregation.
The reported finding at Dugway undermines the argument of both the "bomb Iraq" crowd and the liberals focused on Dr. Steve Hatfill who object to US biodefense research because they view it as being useful for offensive purposes.
When we called the front desk about an extremely boisterous crowd in the hall outside our door quite late at night, it seemed to take the hotel staff quite a while to quiet them down.
The excited crowd poured out of the stadium.
The crowd may be on the side of Luciano, but the champ has got the skill to win and that's what matters.
His home run excited the crowd.
We lost sight of her in the crowd.
A big crowd gathered at the scene of the fire.
The crowd cheered the singer's entrance.
After the concert, the crowd made for the nearest door.
I heard someone in the crowd outside the station call my name.
The astronauts were greeted with cheers and applause of an enthusiastic crowd.
A girl approached the king from among the crowd.
verb
People crowd around the light, not to see better, but rather to shine better.
Soon as our ships can trust the deep once more, / and South-winds chide, and Ocean smiles serene, / we crowd the beach, and launch, and town and shore / fade from our view.

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