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[ thrawng, throng ] SHOW IPA
/ θrɔŋ, θrɒŋ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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.
SEE MORE SEE LESS 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.
SEE MORE SEE LESS 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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synonym study for throng 1 . See crowd1 .
OTHER WORDS FROM throng in·ter·throng·ing, adjective o·ver·throng, verb un·thronged, adjective Words nearby throng thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, thromboxane, thrombus, throne, throne room, throng , thronner, thronos, throstle, throttle, throttleable
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Example sentences from the Web for throng The throng took a collective breath before retreating back behind their office doors.
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With that, he took a huff off a morning joint and moved into the throng of jovial patrons.
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On arriving at 10 Downing Street she paused on the front step to address the throng of reporters.
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As the stern old elder rode up, the throng of onlookers meekly gave way for him.
As she advanced to her place, after the prescribed courtesy to the Viceroy, her dark eyes searchingly scanned the throng of pages.
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"I don't doubt it," he agreed, his eye roving over the throng .
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The first care of the Indians, on hearing this news, was to send forth a horrible cry and to throng around the marks.
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He looked down at the throng on the wharf, and up and down the rail at his fellow passengers.
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British Dictionary definitions for throng 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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