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crowding

/ˈkɹaʊdɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To press forward; to advance by pushing.
  2. To press together or collect in numbers
  3. To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.
  4. To fill by pressing or thronging together
  5. (often used with "out of" or "off") To push, to press, to shove.
  6. To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.
  7. To play on a crowd; to fiddle.
  8. The act by which somebody is crowded.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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