crowd

crowd
crowd
A n
1 (mass of people) gen foule f ; Sport spectateurs mpl ; (audience) public m ; a crowd of 10,000 gen une foule de 10 000 personnes ; Sport une foule de 10 000 spectateurs ; crowds of people une foule de gens ; to draw ou attract a crowd attirer la foule ; a crowd gathered at the scene un attroupement s'est formé sur les lieux ; we are hoping for a big crowd at the concert nous espérons que le public viendra nombreux au concert ; the president waved to the crowd(s) le président a salué la foule ; we ski in Norway to avoid the crowds nous skions en Norvège pour éviter la foule ; people came in crowds to hear him les gens sont venus l'écouter en masse ; it's not very good, but it'll pass in a crowd ce n'est pas terrible , mais ça peut passer si on ne regarde pas de trop près ; to follow ou go ou move with the crowd suivre la foule ; to stand out from the crowd sortir du commun ;
2 (group) bande f ; ‘who's coming?'-‘the usual crowd’ ‘qui est-ce qui vient?’-‘toujours la même bande’ ; the crowd from the office les copains du bureau ; they're a friendly crowd ils sont tous très sympa .
B modif [behaviour, reaction] de masse.
C vtr
1 (fill) se presser sur [pavement, platform, road] ; s'entasser sur [beach] ; tourists crowded the bars/trains les bars/trains étaient pleins de touristes ; the roads were crowded with cars la circulation était très dense ;
2 (squash) entasser [people, animals, cars, furniture] (into dans) ; they have crowded as many lines as possible onto the page ils ont fait tenir un maximum de lignes dans la page ; they have crowded a lot of information into this brochure cette brochure est bourrée d'informations ; she crowds too much detail into her pictures elle surcharge ses tableaux d'une foule de détails ; we always try to crowd as much as possible into our visits to Paris nous essayons toujours de voir le plus de choses possible quand nous allons à Paris ;
3 (fill to excess) remplir [room, house, mind] (with de) ; surcharger [design, page] (with de) ; the house was crowded with furniture/paintings la maison était encombrée de meubles/tableaux ;
4 (jostle) serrer, bousculer [person, animal] ; serrer [vehicle, boat] ;
5 (put pressure on) tanner ; stop crowding me! let me think! arrête de me tanner ! laisse-moi réfléchir!
D vi
1 lit to crowd into s'entasser dans [room, lift, vehicle] ; to crowd onto s'entasser dans [bus, train] ; to crowd through passer en foule par [door, gates] ; to crowd up/down sth monter/descendre qch en foule [stairs] ; to crowd (up) against se presser contre [barrier] ;
2 fig to crowd into [thoughts, memories, ideas] se presser dans [mind, memory].
Phrasal verbs
crowd around, crowd round s'attrouper ;
crowd around [sth] se presser autour de ; don't crowd around the entrance ne bloquez pas l'entrée.
crowd in :
crowd in [people, animals] s'entasser ; to crowd in on sb lit [people] encercler qn ; fig [hills, walls] oppresser qn ; fig [thoughts, memories] assaillir qn ;
crowd in [sth/sb], crowd [sth/sb] in entasser [people, animals, furniture] ; accumuler [words, lines, illustrations].
crowd out :
crowd out [sth/sb], crowd [sth/sb] out évincer [person, business].
crowd together :
crowd together se serrer ;
crowd [sth] together, crowd together [sth] entasser.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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