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Meanings of crowd in English

Russian
толпа
Portuguese
massa
Spanish
gentío
Catalan
gentada
Wikidata

Large group of people that are gathered or considered together.

толпа
Wikidata

6-String musical instrument of Welsh or Irish origin and played with a bow.

Synonyms
Examples for "mob"
Examples for "mob"
1
Body-guard, ball given by the; and the Versailles mob; protecting the court.
The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
2
Unfortunately, prosecutors say, it has only created new opportunities for the mob.
Reuters
3
Often times they could be seen among those in the lynch mob.
Ebony
4
Soldiers fought to force their way through the mob, weapons held high.
Stonewielder
5
The Protestants continued to smash images; the Catholics to mob the Protestants.
The Age of the Reformation
Portuguese
quadrilha
Catalan
trepa
Spanish
panda

An informal body of friends.

quadrilha
Catalan
apinyar
Spanish
meter

To cause to herd, drive, or crowd together.

apinyar
Usage of crowd in English
1
Classic crowd-sourcing, applied to the very difficult problem of lead data enrichment.
Reuters
2
The crowd, however, was every bit as enthusiastic as four years ago.
Reuters
3
Within minutes a crowd had gathered outside the bar, and violence ensued.
The Irish Times
4
The crowd responded with petrol bombs, damaging one police vehicle, police said.
Ebony
5
The crowd held paper silhouettes to represent the victims of the Troubles.
The Irish Times
6
Then Peter, leading Caspian, forced his way through the crowd of animals.
Prince Caspian
7
Consumer groups, however, warn of the high default risks of crowd-funding loans.
Reuters
8
Enthusiasm for crowd-sourced designs has given rise to growing numbers of businesses.
Reuters
9
The children of Israel went in a crowd and so must we.
A String of Amber Beads
10
The crowd started; some looked annoyed; on the arm of His Excellency.
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 04 : Tales of Puritan...
11
Good thing you can just listen to the crowd singing along, right?
Wired
12
The mayor plunged through the crowd in the direction of the vilifier.
All-Wool Morrison / Time -- Today, Place -- the United States, P...
13
There's a cute crowd in Maycomb now; lots of new young people.
Go Set a Watchman
14
Police held the crowd at the bay and there was no violence.
The Irish Times
15
A realisation of the crisis came to the crowd on the beach.
The Riverman
16
The crowd still applauded, though, and one fan said: Good player .
The Guardian
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Translations for crowd
Russian
толпа
Crowd through the time
Crowd across language varieties
Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
United Kingdom
Common
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