throng

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.

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[Middle English, from Old English gethrang.]

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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]

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	throng - a large gathering of people concourse, multitude 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"
Verb	1.	throng - press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium" jam, mob, pile, pack crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"

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throng

noun 1. crowd, mob, horde, press, host, pack, mass, crush, jam, congregation, swarm, multitude, concourse, assemblage

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

throng [θrɔŋ] n → multitud f; muchedumbre f

vt, vi → apiñarse, agolparse

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throng [ˈθrɔŋ] n → foule f

vt → se presser dans

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throng [ˈθrɔŋ] n → Masse 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

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throng [θrɔŋ] n → moltitudine f

vt → affollare