throng

[ thrawng, throng ]
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noun
  1. a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.

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

  1. Chiefly Scot. pressure, as of work.

verb (used without object)
  1. to assemble, collect, or go in large numbers; crowd.

verb (used with object)
  1. to crowd or press upon; jostle.

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

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

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

adjectiveScot. and North England.
  1. filled with people or objects; crowded.

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

Origin of throng

1
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

synonym study For throng

1. See crowd1.

Other words for throng

Other words from throng

  • in·ter·throng·ing, adjective
  • o·ver·throng, verb
  • un·thronged, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for throng

throng

/ (θrɒŋ) /


noun
  1. a great number of people or things crowded together

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

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

adjective
  1. Yorkshire dialect (postpositive) busy

Origin of throng

1
Old English gethrang; related to Old Norse throng, Old High German drangōd

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