Throng Definition

thrông, thrŏng
thronged, thronging, throngs
noun
throngs
A great number of people gathered together; crowd.
Webster's New World
A crowding together of people; crowded condition.
Webster's New World
A large group of things; a host.
American Heritage
Any great number of things massed or considered together; multitude.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
thronged, thronging, throngs
To crowd into; fill with a multitude.
Webster's New World
To crowd or press upon in large numbers.
Webster's New World
To gather together, move, or press in a throng.
Webster's New World

To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.

Wiktionary

(intransitive) To congregate.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adjective
(Scotland, Northern England, dialect) Filled with persons or objects; crowded.
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Other Word Forms of Throng

Noun

Singular:
throng
Plural:
throngs

Origin of Throng

  • From Middle English, from Old English þrang, Ä¡eþrang (“crowd, press, tumult"), from Proto-Germanic *þrangwÄ…, *þrangwō (“throng"), *þrangwaz (“push, drive"), from Proto-Indo-European *trenk(w)- (“to beat, hew, press"). Cognate with Dutch drang (“urge, push, impulse"), German Drang (“urge, drive, impulse"), Danish trang (“urge"), Norwegian trong (“need"), Icelandic þröng (“narrow, tightly pressed, crowd, throng") and Swedish trÃ¥ng (“tight, narrow"). Probably related to Albanian drojë (“fear, fear of the crowd") and to drang (“huge rod, pole, oar"). More at thring.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English gethrang

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Throng Sentence Examples

  • A throng of officers surrounded him.

  • There was not an ugly person in all the throng.

  • The throng stood still and waited.

  • She slowed, unwilling to join the throng of bloodsuckers.

  • The Wizard raised one of his revolvers and fired into the throng of his enemies, and the shot resounded like a clap of thunder in that silent place.

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