throng
Americannoun
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a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
- Synonyms:
- assemblage, host, horde
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a great number of things crowded or considered together.
a throng of memories.
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Chiefly Scot. pressure, as of work.
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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to crowd or press upon; jostle.
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to fill or occupy with or as with a crowd.
He thronged the picture with stars.
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to bring or drive together into or as into a crowd, heap, or collection.
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to fill by crowding or pressing into.
They thronged the small room.
adjective
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filled with people or objects; crowded.
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(of time) filled with things to do; busy.
noun
verb
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to gather in or fill (a place) in large numbers; crowd
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(tr) to hem in (a person); jostle
adjective
Related Words
See crowd 1.
Other Word Forms
- interthronging adjective
- overthrong verb
- unthronged adjective
Etymology
Origin of throng
before 1000; (noun) Middle English; Old English gethrang; cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang pressure, Old Norse thrǫng throng; (adj. and v.) Middle English; akin to the noun; compare obsolete thring to press
Example Sentences
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The ditches were thronged with elderberry and dark with patches of mint down low.
From Literature
He thought of the thousands and thousands of tree-souls thronging the darkness: waiting for him, and him alone, to deliver them from the bear.
From Literature
Saturday afternoon meant throngs of people on the sidewalk— young and old couples, women in pastel dresses clutching kids and handbags, everyone moving at a leisurely pace.
From Literature
I’m outside, too, carried out by the Hecht’s throng, holding wrapped-paper parcels in my arms that I’m vaguely aware I didn’t pay for.
From Literature
Trying to make my way through the throng of movie stars, filmmakers and other luminaries was almost like an Olympic event.
From Los Angeles Times
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