1. (

• crowding

) a situation in which people or things are crowded together; "he didn't like the crowding on the beach" ;

1. (

• herd ,
• crowd ,

) cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom" ;

2. (

• crowd

) fill or occupy to the point of overflowing; "The students crowded the auditorium" ;

3. (

• crowd ,
• crowd_together

) to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" ;

4. (

• push ,
• crowd ,

) approach a certain age or speed; "She is pushing fifty" ;