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			| 1.
								a large number of things or people considered together a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers
 2.
								an informal body of friends
 he still hangs out with the same crowd
 
 'crowd' - used as a verb
 3.
								cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
 4.
								fill or occupy to the point of overflowing
 The students crowded the auditorium
 5.
								to gather together in large numbers
 men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah
 6.
								approach a certain age or speed
 
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			| 1. Crowd / Plural crowds
 2. Crowd / Past
 crowded
 3. Crowd / Third Person
 crowds
 4. Crowd / Present Participle
 crowding
 
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