throng

[ thrawng, throng ]

/ θrɔŋ, θrɒŋ /

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noun

a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.

a great number of things crowded or considered together: a throng of memories.

Chiefly Scot. pressure, as of work.

verb (used without object)

to assemble, collect, or go in large numbers; crowd.

verb (used with object)

to crowd or press upon; jostle.

to fill or occupy with or as with a crowd: He thronged the picture with stars.

to bring or drive together into or as into a crowd, heap, or collection.

to fill by crowding or pressing into: They thronged the small room.

adjective Scot. and North England.

filled with people or objects; crowded.

(of time) filled with things to do; busy.

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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

SYNONYMS FOR throng

1. horde, host; assemblage.

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Related formsin·ter·throng·ing, adjectiveo·ver·throng, verbun·thronged, adjective

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1. See crowd¹.

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His presence was instantly recognized by the thronging multitudes below and around.
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In this improvisation, Jim interpreted his thronging emotions.
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Dick, feeling himself dismissed, left the club, and a minute later found himself in the thronging crowd of Piccadilly.
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It would not be long before curious visitors would be thronging the cottage.
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British Dictionary definitions for thronging

throng

/ (θrɒŋ) /

noun

a great number of people or things crowded together

verb

to gather in or fill (a place) in large numbers; crowd

(tr) to hem in (a person); jostle

adjective

Yorkshire dialect (postpositive) busy

Word Origin for throng

Old English gethrang; related to Old Norse throng, Old High German drangōd

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Word Origin and History for thronging

throng

c.1300, probably shortened from Old English geþrang "crowd, tumult" (related to verb þringan "to push, crowd, press"), from Proto-Germanic *thrangan (cf. Old Norse þröng, Dutch drang, German Drang "crowd, throng").

throng

"go in a crowd," 1530s, from throng (n.). Related: Thronged; thronging.

throng

noun

verb (used without object)

verb (used with object)

adjective Scot. and North England.

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