Throng

n.	1.	A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.
	2.	A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng. So, with this bold opposer rushes on This many-headed monster, multitude. - Daniel. Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng. - Milton. I come from empty noise, and tasteless pomp, From crowds that hide a monarch from himself. - Johnson.
v. i.	1.	To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes. [imp. & p. p. Thronged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Thronging.] I have seen the dumb men throng to see him. - Shak.
v. t.	1.	To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings. Much people followed him, and thronged him. - Mark v. 24.
	2.	To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street.
a.	1.	Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. To the intent the sick . . . should not lie too throng. - Robynson (More's Utopia).

Noun	1.	throng - a large gathering of people Synonyms: concourse, multitude
Verb	1.	throng - press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium" Synonyms: jam, mob, pile, pack

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