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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.

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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

throng [ˈθrɔŋ] n → foule f

vt → se presser dans

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

throng [θrɔŋ] n → moltitudine f

vt → affollare

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throng

n throng [θroŋ]

a crowd Throngs of people gathered to see the queen. skare حَشْد من الناس тълпа dav mængde die Menge πλήθος, συρφετός multitud rahvamurd انبوه مردم väentungos foule הָמוֹן भीड़ mnoštvo, gomila tömeg orang banyak þröng, fólksþvaga folla 群衆 군중, 사람떼, 인파 minia pūlis; drūzma sekumpulan menigte skare, menneskemasse tłum multidão mulţime толпа dav gruča, množica gomila vimmel, myller ฝูงชน kalabalık 人群 натовп ہجوم đám đông 人群

v

to crowd or fill People thronged the streets to see the president. stroom يَحْتَشِد тълпя се cpát se, ucpat fylde sich drängen in συρρέω, γεμίζω, κατακλύζω aglomerarse, abarrotar tunglema ازدحام کردن tungeksia se presser (vers, dans) לְהִתקַהֵל भीड़ करना preplaviti eláraszt memenuhi þyrpast í, fylla affollare 群がる 모여들다 užplūsti drūzmēties; pārpludināt penuh sesak dgn zich verdringen stimle sammen, trenge på tłoczyć się, zapełniać apinhar a se înghesui, a se îmbulzi толпиться tlačiť sa gnesti se napraviti gomilu skocka sig på, fylla till trängsel ทำให้เนืองแน่น toplanmak, üşüşmek 群集 товпитися; заповнювати ہجوم لگانا xúm lại thành đám đông 群集