How to Spell crowd
crowd
crowd - verb
- To press on : hurry
- To press close
- To collect in numbers
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"The ships crowded northward."
crowd - thesaurus
Etymology
Old English
Middle English crouden "to push forward, jostle, press, push or drive (something wheeled)," going back to Old English crūdan "to crowd, press (against), press forward (of a ship)," going back to Germanic *krūdan- "to press, push forward" (whence also Middle Dutch crûden "to push, shove, trundle," Norwegian regional kryda (preterit kraud) "to flow together, congregate"), of uncertain origin
Word family
crowds, crowded, overcrowded