Word

crowd, v.
(crowded, crowding, crowds)
freq. cnt. 12

cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1

crowd herd

sample sentences

"We herded the children into a spare classroom"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

crowd crowding

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

herd herder

semantic pointers

hypernym

move, displace

hyponym

overcrowd

fill or occupy to the point of overflowing
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

crowd

sample sentences

"The students crowded the auditorium"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
The crowds %s in the streets

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

crowd crowding

semantic pointers

hypernym

fill, occupy

to gather together in large numbers
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

crowd crowd together

sample sentences

"men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

crowd crowding

semantic pointers

hyponym

mass overcrowd pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate herd pile, throng, jam, mob, pack

hypernym

meet, assemble, gather, forgather, foregather

approach a certain age or speed
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

crowd push

sample sentences

"She is pushing fifty"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

semantic pointers

hypernym

approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, come near, draw close