crowd

Noun

• an informal body of friends
  • he still hangs out with the same crowd
    

• a large number of things or people considered together
  • a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers
    

Verb

• approach a certain age or speed
  • She is pushing fifty
    

• to gather together in large numbers
  • men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah
    

• fill or occupy to the point of overflowing
  • The students crowded the auditorium
    

• cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
  • We herded the children into a spare classroom
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  crew , gang , bunch , push , crowd together , herd