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throng

[ thrawng, throng ]

noun

  1. a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.

    Synonyms: , ,

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

    a throng of memories.

  3. 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.

  3. to bring or drive together into or as into a crowd, heap, or collection.
  4. to fill by crowding or pressing into:

    They thronged the small room.

adjective

Scot. and North England.
  1. filled with people or objects; crowded.
  2. (of time) filled with things to do; busy.

throng

/ θ°ùÉ’Å‹ /

noun

  1. a great number of people or things crowded together
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to gather in or fill (a place) in large numbers; crowd
  2. tr to hem in (a person); jostle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. dialect.
    postpositive busy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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  • ´Çv±ð°ù·³Ù³ó°ù´Ç²Ô²µî€ƒ verb
  • ³Ü²Ô·³Ù³ó°ù´Ç²Ô²µ±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of throng1

before 1000; (noun) Middle English; Old English gethrang; cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang pressure, Old Norse ³Ù³ó°ùÇ«²Ô²µ throng; (adj. and v.) Middle English; akin to the noun; compare obsolete thring to press
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of throng1

Old English gethrang; related to Old Norse throng, Old High German »å°ù²¹²Ô²µÅ»å
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Synonym Study

See crowd 1.
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Among the throng we met Alp, 32, who said he had come to defend democracy while there was still time.

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A stream of Welsh jerseys swiftly became a throng, that became a crowd, that led to scenes most of us had never before witnessed.

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CEOs in the Business Roundtable thronged to a meeting with Trump on Tuesday.

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The area also symbolizes an inevitable truth about London: Without the thronging masses of tourists, and the attractions designed to amuse them, the city might disintegrate completely.

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But throngs of them wearing crisp uniforms and bristling with weaponry have been a prominent feature at hostage-handover ceremonies that have been periodically taking place since the cease-fire began last month.

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