far from the madding crowd

far Preposition

— A long way. He got tired after walking so far. He lives too far from here to walk home. Not far from here, the rivers come together.

far Adjective

— Distant. I saw her at the far side of the room.

far Adverb

— You use far before comparative adjectives to show that they are very strong. He's not just a little bit better; he's far better.

from Preposition

— When something is from someone, the person gave or sent it. I got a gift from my grandmother today. — When someone is from a place, that's where they started. I am Chinese. I come from Hunan province. Sorry I'm late. I just came from school. — You use from to talk about distances between thing in space or time. Saturn is far from earth. School is 5km from my home. The year 2515 is a long time from now.

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

madding adjective

— (archaic) Affected with madness; raging; furious.

crowd Noun

— A crowd is a lot of people in one place together. The crowd cheered when the team scored another goal. When there's an accident, a crowd appears. The crowd were asked to go home.

crowd Verb

— If you crowd someone, you push too close to them. Don't crowd me, please. I can't see the stage.