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CROWD

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crowd I. substantiv

1. mulţime, grămadă de oameni; gloată;

to get through the crowd a răzbate, a-şi face drum prin mulţime;

he might pass in the crowd nu e mai rău decât alţii;

to go with / to follow the crowd a face ce fac toţi, a merge cu mulţimea, a se conforma obiceiului; a urla ca lupii.

2. (fam.) companie, grup; droaie, şleahtă, liotă.

3. înghesuială, îngrămădeală, aglomeraţie.

4. grămadă (de lucruri), adunătură, strânsură.

◊ (mar.) crowd of sail.

crowd II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a (în)grămădi, a strânge (grămadă); a înghesui, a ticsi, a aglomera; a umple, a încărca;

crowded with înţesat de, plin de;

to crowd one’s memory with a-şi încărca memoria cu.

2. (amer.) a presa (asupra); a grăbi, a zori; a se ţine scai de, a nu lăza în pace.

3. to crowd in (to) a îndesa, a băga;

to crowd out a scoate (afară) a stoarce.

crowd II. verb B. intranzitiv

1. a se strânge (grămadă); a se aglomera; a se înghesui.

2. (mar.) a naviga cu toate pânzele, a pluti cu cea mai mare viteză.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

Of course I don't like the crowd, but what's a poor chap to do?

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

The reason this full moon is so good is that the crowd of planets in your sixth house of work projects will be friendly to this full moon and to the Sun.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

Now keep your eyes open in this crowd for your friends of last night, though I very much fear that they are a good hundred miles off by now.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He sprang out beyond sword sweep, and the pair stood breathing heavily, while the crowd of young squires buzzed their applause.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It may have been about four o’clock, though with this crowd of folk and carriages it’s hard to swear to it.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I could hardly sustain the multitude of feelings that crowded into my mind.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

In a moment four figures shot up above the crowd.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The room at the Crown was to witness it;—but it would be better than a common meeting in a crowd.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

There is a sort of domestic enjoyment to be known even in a crowd, and this you had.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

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