CROWDING

To press forward; to advance by pushing.

Example: "The man crowded into the packed room."

To press together or collect in numbers

Example: "They crowded through the archway and into the park."

To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.

Example: "He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen."

To fill by pressing or thronging together

(often used with "out of" or "off") to push, to press, to shove.

Example: "They tried to crowd her off the sidewalk."

To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.

(of a square-rigged ship) to carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.

To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.

To play on a crowd; to fiddle.