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сброд — meaning in English

sbrod

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English meaning

  • crowd noun A large number of people gathered closely together.
  • menagerie noun A collection of wild or exotic animals kept for display, especially historically by wealthy owners as a private forerunner to the modern zoo.
  • mob noun A large, disorderly crowd, especially one acting in an unruly or aggressive way.
  • populace noun The ordinary people of a country or region as a whole.
  • rabble noun A disorderly, unruly crowd of people.
  • riffraff noun People regarded as disreputable or of low social standing, especially as a group.
  • rout noun A crushing, disorganized defeat.
  • scum noun A thin layer of dirt, foam, or other impurities that gathers on the surface of a liquid.

Senses

сброд is used for these senses in English:

  • crowd (with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar.
  • menagerie A diverse or miscellaneous group.
  • mob (Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
  • populace The common people of a nation.
  • rabble A mob; a disorderly crowd. [from late 14th c.]
  • rabble (derogatory) The mass of common people; the lowest class of populace. [from 1550s]
  • riffraff (informal, somewhat, derogatory) The rabble; crowds; people of a low, disreputable or undesirable class or position.
  • rout (countable) A group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class; (more generally) a disorderly and tumultuous crowd, a mob; hence (archaic, preceded by the) , the common people as a group, the rabble.

crowd — full definition

  1. noun A large number of people gathered closely together.
  2. noun A particular social group someone belongs to or hangs out with.
  3. verb To push or press together into a small space.

menagerie — full definition

  1. noun A collection of wild or exotic animals kept for display, especially historically by wealthy owners as a private forerunner to the modern zoo.
  2. noun A varied, mixed group of people or things.

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