[{"word":"crowding","phonetic":"/ˈkɹaʊdɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈkɹaʊdɪŋ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To press forward; to advance by pushing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The man crowded into the packed room."},{"definition":"To press together or collect in numbers","synonyms":["crowd in","swarm","throng"],"antonyms":[],"example":"They crowded through the archway and into the park."},{"definition":"To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen."},{"definition":"To fill by pressing or thronging together","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(often used with \"out of\" or \"off\") To push, to press, to shove.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"They tried to crowd her off the sidewalk."},{"definition":"To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(of a square-rigged ship) To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["crowd in","swarm","throng"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To play on a crowd; to fiddle.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act by which somebody is crowded.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crowd","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crowding"]}]