crowd

1. (intransitive) To press forward; to advance by pushing.Examples: "The man crowded into the packed room."Synonyms: bargeintransitive

2. (intransitive) To press together or collect in numbers.Examples: "They crowded through the archway and into the park."; "[T]he whole company closed their ranks, and crowded about the fire."; "Images came crowding on his mind faster than he could put them into words."Synonyms: swarm, throng, crowd in, crush, pile, hordeintransitive

3. (transitive) To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.Examples: "He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen."; "[…]The Time (miſ-order’d) doth in common ſence / Crowd vs, and cruſh vs, to this monſtrous Forme, / To hold our ſafetie vp."transitive

4. (transitive) To fill by pressing or thronging togetherExamples: "The balconies and verandas were crowded with spectators, anxious to behold their future sovereign."transitive

5. (transitive, often used with "out of" or "off") To push, to press, to shove.Examples: "They tried to crowd her off the sidewalk."; "Alexis's mementos and numerous dance trophies were starting to crowd her out of her little bedroom."oftentransitive

6. (nautical) To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.