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Pronunciation : Throng
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. ?rong, ?rang, AS. ge?rang, fr. ?ringan to crowd, to press; akin to OS. thringan, D. & G. dringen, OHG. dringan, Icel. ?ryngva, ?r?ngva, Goth. ?riehan, D. & G. drang a throng, press, Icel. ?r?ng a throng, Lith. trenkti to jolt, tranksmas a tum
Definition : 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. 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Throng
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Thronged; p. pr. & vb. n. Thronging.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Throng
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Throng
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: 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).
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913