[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/mysticism/w/crowd.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The mysticism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/mysticism/) / crowd [← C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/mysticism/C/) # crowd «crowd» in Mova's mysticism dictionary: **a large group of people together in one place** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (a crowd, crowds); verb (crowd, crowds, crowded, crowding) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A crowd is a large group of people together in one place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/crowd/#m1) 2) To crowd means to gather closely together, or to fill a place so it is very full. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/crowd/#m2) 3) To crowd someone means to stand too close to them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/crowd/#m3) ### sense in the lessons In the mystic school: In note 02 "beware the crowd": frequency in the training data is not truth; in note 07 the crowd of extras is what makes the world worth a holiday. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and safety, crowds gather at matches, concerts, markets and parades; children should agree on a meeting place in case they get lost in a crowd and find a staff member or a police officer if they do. In stories, a crowd cheers or gasps. In maths, crowd sizes are estimated and rounded (about 40,000 fans). Phrases: in the crowd, a crowd of, crowd around, the crowd went wild, crowded. ### examples - A crowded, noisy, ridiculous one is. (note 07) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/crowd/#x1) - The Godmother, if she exists, does not despise the crowd. (note 07) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/crowd/#x2) - The bugs he finds go to the one who made them, not to the crowd. (note 12) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/crowd/#x3) - Hold a position: do not agree automatically and do not disagree automatically; change your mind when the evidence changes, not when the social pressure changes — like a referee who will not change the call because the crowd is booing, but will if the replay shows he was wrong. (lesson 003) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/crowd/#x4) - Beware the mirror: a model tends to soak up the frame of the person it talks to, so style may transfer but judgment stays independent; beware the crowd: frequency is not truth, and the median view is a second opinion, not a hidden religion. (lesson 003) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/crowd/#x5) - A huge crowd watched the parade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/crowd/#x6) - The crowd cheered when our team scored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/crowd/#x7) - If you get lost in a crowd, find someone in uniform. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/crowd/#x8) - People crowded around the street magician. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/crowd/#x9) - Don't crowd him; give him some space. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/crowd/#x10) - The train was crowded this morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/crowd/#x11) - About 50,000 people were in the crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/crowd/#x12) - Hold my hand so we don't get separated in the crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/crowd/#x13) - The beach is disgracefully crowded this season. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/crowd/#x14) ### note Countable: a crowd, crowds. Adjective: crowded (very full of people). A crowd can take a singular or plural verb in British English: «the crowd was/were cheering». Crowd = people; herd/flock = animals. ### In the corpora - [Desert locusts are grasshoppers that, when crowded, change colour and behaviour and form swarms of billions that eat crops.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers/16/) - [Ueno Zoo in Tokyo opened in 1882 and is Japan's oldest zoo; giant panda twins born there in 2021 drew huge crowds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right/13/) - [Feeding huge crowds of pigeons with bread makes too many pigeons, and birds packed in crowds spread mess and illness more easily.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs/14/) - [That's just like him, says the Rat — he hates crowds and parties.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/5/) - [More similes do not make a better poem: a few strong ones beat a crowd of weak ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration/15/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «crowd» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/crowd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.