throng

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A throng is a crowd of people or animals. On the crowded platform, the throng of passengers attempted to push their way into the already overcrowded subway car.

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A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.

Noun
a large gathering of people

Verb
press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"


imp.
of Thring

n.
A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.

n.
A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.

v. i.
To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.

v. t.
To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.

v. t.
To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street.

a.
Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy.


Throng

Throng , n. [OE. þrong, þrang, AS. geþrang, fr. þringan to crowd, to press; akin to OS. thringan, D. & G. dringen, OHG. dringan, Icel. þryngva, þr'94ngva, Goth. þriehan, D. & G. drang a throng, press, Icel. þr'94ng a throng, Lith. trenkti to jolt, tranksmas a tumult. Cf. Thring.] 1. A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd. 2. A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng. Syn. -- Throng, Multitude, Crowd. Any great number of persons form a multitude; a throng is a large number of persons who are gathered or are moving together in a collective body; a crowd is composed of a large or small number of persons who press together so as to bring their bodies into immediate or inconvenient contact. A dispersed multitude; the throngs in the streets of a city; the crowd at a fair or a street fight. But these distinctions are not carefully observed.
So, with this bold opposer rushes on This many-headed monster, multitude.
Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng.
I come from empty noise, and tasteless pomp, From crowds that hide a monarch from himself.

Throng

Throng, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Thronged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Thronging.] To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.
I have seen the dumb men throng to see him.

Throng

Throng, v. t. 1. To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.
Much people followed him, and thronged him.
2. To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street. Shak.

Throng

Throng, a. Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Bp. Sanderson.
To the intent the sick . . . should not lie too throng.

A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.

To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.

To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.

Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy.

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Usage Examples

My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.

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