To push; force forward; shove; impel.To push or wheel in a wheelbarrow.To press close, or closely together; push or drive in; squeeze; cram: as, to crowd too much freight into a ship; to crowd many people into a small room.To fill to excess; occupy or pack with an unusual or inordinate number or quantity: as, the audience crowded the theater; to crowd a ship's hold.To throng about; press upon; press as by a multitude: as, we were most uncomfortably crowded.To encumber or annoy by multitudes or excess of numbers.To urge; press by solicitation; importune; annoy by urging: as, to crowd a debtor for immediate payment.To press in numbers; come together closely; swarm: as, the multitude crowded through the gate or into the room.To press forward; increase speed; advance pushingly, as against obstacles: as, to crowd into a full room, or into company.n. A collection; a multitude; a large number of things collected or grouped together; a number of things lying near one another.n. A large number of persons congregated together, or gathered into a close body without order; a throng.n. Any group or company of persons: as, a jolly crowd.n. People in general; the populace; the mass; the mob.n. Same as crode.n. Synonyms and Throng, etc. (see multitude), host, swarm, concourse, shoal.n. An ancient Welsh and Irish musical instrument, the earliest known specimen of the viol class—that is, of stringed instruments played with a bow.To play on a crowd or fiddle.