Throng
Throng , noun
[Old English þrong, þrang, Anglo-Saxon geþrang, from þringan to crowd, to press; akin to Old Saxon thringan, Dutch & German dringen, Old High German dringan, Icelandic þryngva, þrongva, Gothic þriehan, Dutch & German drang a throng, press, Icelandic þrong a throng, Lithuanian trenkti to jolt, tranksmas a tumult. Compare Thring.]
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.
Not to know me argues yourselves unknown,
The lowest of your throng.
I come from empty noise, and tasteless pomp,
From crowds that hide a monarch from himself.
Throng , intransitive verb
To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.
I have seen the dumb men throng to see him.
Throng , transitive verb
1.
To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.
Much people followed him, and thronged him.
2.
To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street. — Shakespeare
Throng , adjective
Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. [Obsolete or Provincial English] — Bp. Sanderson
To the intent the sick... should not lie too throng.