noun

1. a great number of people gathered together; crowd
2. a crowding together of people; crowded condition
3. any great number of things massed or considered together; multitude

Etymology: ME < OE (ge)thrang (akin to Ger drang) < base of thringan, to press, crowd: for IE base see thrall

intransitive verb

transitive verb

1. to crowd or press upon in large numbers
2. to crowd into; fill with a multitude