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throng  (thrông, thrng)
n.
1. A large group of people gathered or crowded closely together; a multitude. See Synonyms at crowd1.
2. A large group of things; a host.
v. thronged, throng·ing, throngs
v.tr.
1. To crowd into; fill: commuters thronging the subway platform.
2. To press in on.
v.intr.
To gather, press, or move in a throng.

[Middle English, from Old English gethrang.]

throng
Noun
a great number of people or things crowded together
Verb
to gather in or fill (a place) in large numbers: streets thronged with shoppers [Old English gethrang]

Throng(s) a large number of persons or things that are crowded and jostled together. See also multitude.
Examples: throng of business, 1730; of work, 1707; throngs of gentle dreams, 1760; of thoughts, 1602.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.throngthrong - a large gathering of people
assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
hive - a teeming multitude
horde, host, legion - a vast multitude
ruck, herd - a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"
Verb1.throng - press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"

throng
verb 2. crowd, flock, congregate, troop, bunch, herd, cram, converge, hem in, mill around, swarm around << OPPOSITE disperse
verb 3. pack, fill, crowd, press, jam
Translations
Spanish throng [θrɔŋ] nmultitud f; muchedumbre f
vt, viapiñarse, agolparse

French throng [ˈθrɔŋ] nfoule f
vtse presser dans

German throng [ˈθrɔŋ] nMasse f
vt [+ streets etc] → sich drängen in +dat
vi to throng to → strömen zu;
a throng of people → eine Menschenmenge;
to be thronged with → wimmeln von

Italian throng [θrɔŋ] nmoltitudine f
vtaffollare

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While he looked upon the alarming spectacle an Office broke away from the Throng and took shelter in a tomb close to where he stood, the crowd being too intent upon hammering one another to observe that the cause of their contention had departed.
Ever she avoided the throng of the blessed gods and lived in a shadowy cave, and there the Son of Cronos used to lie with the rich- tressed nymph at dead of night, while white-armed Hera lay bound in sweet sleep: and neither deathless god nor mortal man knew it.
She smiled upon the throng as if in acknowledgment of a warm welcome, and began to walk to and fro, making profuse gesticulations and singing, in brazen soprano tones, a song, the words of which were inaudible.
 
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