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crowd sail

Variant of crowd

intransitive verb

  1. to press, push, or squeeze
  2. to push one's way (forward, into, through, etc.)
  3. to come together in a large group; throng

transitive verb

  1. to press, push, or shove
  2. to press or force closely together; cram
  3. to fill too full; occupy to excess, as by pressing or thronging
    1. to be or press very near to
    2. Baseball to stand very close to (the plate) in batting
  4. Informal to put (a person) under pressure or stress, as by dunning or harassing

noun

  1. a large number of people or things gathered closely together
  2. the common people; the masses
  3. Informal a group of people having something in common; set; clique

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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