throng

n.

1. A large group of people gathered or crowded closely together; a multitude. See synonyms at crowd¹.
2. A large group of things; a host.

v., thronged, throng·ing, throngs.

v.tr.

1. To crowd into; fill: commuters thronging the subway platform.
2. To press in on.

v.intr.
To gather, press, or move in a throng.

[Middle English, from Old English gethrang.]

noun

1. An enormous number of persons gathered together: crowd, crush, drove, flock, horde, mass, mob, multitude, press, ruck¹, swarm. See big/small/amount, group.
2. A very large number of things grouped together: army, cloud, crowd, drove, flock, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, ruck¹, score (used in plural), swarm. See big/small/amount, group.

verb

1. To congregate, as around a person: crowd, flock, mob, press. See collect/distribute, tighten/loosen.
2. To come or go in large numbers: flood, pour, swarm, troop. See big/small/amount, move/halt.

IN BRIEF: A large group of people gathered together; multitude.

Who would wish to be among the commonplace crowd of the little famous - who are each individually lost in a throng made up of themselves? — John Keats (1795-1821)

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a large gathering of people
  Synonyms: multitude, concourse

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The verb throng has one meaning:

Meaning #1: press tightly together or cram
  Synonyms: mob, pack, pile, jam

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skare, trængsel
v. tr. - overfylde
v. intr. - stimle sammen, flokkes

Nederlands (Dutch)
mensenmassa, toestromen, overstromen

Français (French)
n. - foule
v. tr. - envahir (une rue)
v. intr. - converger vers, se masser autour de, se rassembler (pour faire)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Menschenmenge, Menschenmasse, Gedränge
v. - sich drängen, strömen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κοσμοσυρροή, πλήθος, συρφετός, μεγάλος αριθμός, σωρεία
v. - συρρέω, συνωστίζομαι

Italiano (Italian)
accalcarsi, folla, calca, massa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ajuntamento (m), multidão (f), aglomeração (f)
v. - comprimir, aglomerar

Русский (Russian)
толпиться, сходиться, заполнять (улицы) народом, толпа

Español (Spanish)
n. - multitud, gentío, muchedumbre
v. tr. - afluir, apiñar, apretar, atestar, estrujar
v. intr. - agolparse, apiñarse, venir o pasar en tropel

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - trängsel, vimmel, myller, mängd, massa
v. - skocka sig, trängas, fylla till trängsel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
群, 群集, 人群, 挤入, 挤满, 蜂拥

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 群, 群集, 人群
v. tr. - 擠入, 擠滿
v. intr. - 群集, 蜂擁

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 군중, 많은 것의 집합, 중압
v. tr. - ~에 모여들다, 모여들게 하다
v. intr. - 떼지어 모이다, 벅적거리다, 몰려다니다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 群衆, 集まり, 殺到
v. - 群がる, 殺到する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) زحمه العمل, ازدحام (فعل) يرتعش, يزحم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮המון, קהל‬
v. tr. - ‮התקהל, הצטופף, מילא עד אפס מקום‬
v. intr. - ‮נהר‬

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