Crowd Definition
- To spread a large amount of sail to increase speed.
- to put up an unusually large number of sails in order to increase the ship's speed
- to force (someone or something) out of a limited space by arriving or appearing there
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Crowd
- crowd (on) sail
- crowd (on) sail
- crowd out
Origin of Crowd
From Middle English crowden to crowd, press from Old English crūdan to hasten, press
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English croud from Middle Welsh crwth
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old English crūdan. Cognate with Dutch kruien.
From Wiktionary
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Celtic, from Welsh crwth.
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