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English Dictionary: throng	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for throng
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
throng n a large gathering of people [syn: multitude, throng, concourse] v press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium" Synonym(s): throng, mob, pack, pile, jam
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thring \Thring\, v. t. & i. [imp. {Throng}.] [AS. [thorn]ringan. See {Throng}.] To press, crowd, or throng. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Throng \Throng\, n. [OE. [thorn]rong, [thorn]rang, AS. ge[thorn]rang, fr. [thorn]ringan to crowd, to press; akin to OS. thringan, D. & G. dringen, OHG. dringan, Icel. [thorn]ryngva, [thorn]r[94]ngva, Goth. [thorn]riehan, D. & G. drang a throng, press, Icel. [thorn]r[94]ng 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}. Usage: 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. --Daniel. Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng. --Milton. I come from empty noise, and tasteless pomp, From crowds that hide a monarch from himself. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. --Mark v. 24. 2. To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. --Robynson (More's Utopia).