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| congregation |
a crowd of people; assembly. [1/2 definitions] |
| crowd |
to gather together in a crowd. [1/5 definitions] |
| flock1 |
to gather or travel in a crowd, group, or flock. [1/3 definitions] |
| horde |
a large number, group, or crowd. |
| hustle |
to push or shove in a crowd. [1/4 definitions] |
| jostle |
to push, crowd, or bump into on purpose. [1/2 definitions] |
| melt |
If something melts away, it disappears gradually. If you melt into a crowd, you mix into the crowd and disappear. [1/4 definitions] |
| mob |
a large crowd of angry or excited people. [2/4 definitions] |
| nose |
When you nose your way through a crowd, it means that you move forward slowly or carefully. [1/5 definitions] |
| pack1 |
to crowd together in. [2/9 definitions] |
| push |
When you push through a crowd, you move ahead through the crowd by forcing people out of your way. [1/6 definitions] |
| squeeze |
to force one's way through a crowd or small space (usually followed by "through" or "in"). [1/7 definitions] |
| stampede |
any similar movement or rush of a crowd. [1/5 definitions] |
| swallow1 |
If you are swallowed up by a crowd of people, it means that you disappear into the crowd. If something swallows up something, it takes it into itself and makes it disappear. [1/6 definitions] |
| swarm1 |
a group of people, animals, or things in motion; throng. [1/6 definitions] |
| throng |
a large crowd of people. [2 definitions] |
| worm |
If someone worms their way through a crowd, they move in a winding way around a lot of different people as they go. [1/3 definitions] |
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