A large number of persons gathered together; a throng, A collection; a multitude; a large number of things collected or grouped together; a number of things lying near one another, People in general; the populace; the mass; the mob, intransitive verb_ To press together or collect in numbers; to swarm; to throng, To urge or press forward; to force one's self, transitive verb_ To push, to press, to shove, To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity