What is the meaning of crowding?

noun

  • A situation in which people or things are crowded together.
    • usage: "he didn't like the crowding on the beach"

verb

  • Cause to herd, drive, or crowd together.
    • usage: "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
  • 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"
  • Approach a certain age or speed.
    • usage: "She is pushing fifty"
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