to gather in large numbers around sb/sth :
We all crowded around the stove to keep warm.
Photographers were crowding around outside.
to gather in large numbers around sb/sth :
We all crowded around the stove to keep warm.
Photographers were crowding around outside.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005