2. To press or drive together; to mass together. ``Crowd us
and crush us.'' --Shak.
3. To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to
encumber by excess of numbers or quantity.
The balconies and verandas were crowded with
spectators, anxious to behold their future
sovereign. --Prescott.
4. To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat
discourteously or unreasonably. [Colloq.]
{To crowd out}, to press out; specifically, to prevent the
publication of; as, the press of other matter crowded out
the article.
{To crowd sail} (Naut.), to carry an extraordinary amount of
sail, with a view to accelerate the speed of a vessel; to
carry a press of sail.