What is the meaning of crowd?

noun

• A large number of things or people considered together.
  • usage: "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"
• An informal body of friends.
  • usage: "he still hangs out with the same crowd"
  • synonyms: crew, gang, bunch

verb

• Cause to herd, drive, or crowd together.
  • usage: "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
  • synonyms: herd
• Fill or occupy to the point of overflowing.
  • usage: "The students crowded the auditorium"
• To gather together in large numbers.
  • usage: "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"
  • synonyms: crowd together
• Approach a certain age or speed.
  • usage: "She is pushing fifty"
  • synonyms: push