the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] > as people > in crowds (3)
trans. To throng about, to press hard. Also fig.
transitive. To press or crowd in upon (a person or thing); to surround in a throng; to beset; (also) to occupy (a place) in large numbers. Also figur…
transitive. With about. To crowd round (a person). Obsolete. rare.