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   Throng

   /THrôNG/

   

   noun

   • 1. a large, densely packed crowd of people or animals: "he pushed his way through the throng"

   verb

   • 1. (of a crowd) fill or be present in (a place or area): "a crowd thronged the station" Similar pack (into)cram (into)jamfillpress intosqueeze intomobcrowd aroundpress aroundmill aroundcongregate aroundconverge aroundhem inmobjostle
   • ▪ flock or be present in great numbers: "tourists thronged to the picturesque village" Similar rushstreamflocktroopcrowdswarmsurgefloodflowspillteem

   Word Origin Old English(ge)thrang ‘crowd, tumult’, of Germanic origin. The early sense of the verb (Middle English) was ‘press violently, force one's way’.

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   What is throng verb?

   • Definition of throng verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary to go somewhere or be present somewhere in large numbers + adv./prep. The children thronged into the hall. throng to do something People are thronging to see his new play. throng something Crowds thronged the stores.

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   What does thronge mean?

   • a throng of memories. Chiefly Scot. pressure, as of work. to assemble, collect, or go in large numbers; crowd. to crowd or press upon; jostle. He thronged the picture with stars. to bring or drive together into or as into a crowd, heap, or collection. They thronged the small room. , Scot. and North England. filled with people or objects; crowded.

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   What is a throng at a wedding?

   • At a wedding, the assembled throng is there to bear witness to two people's choice to join their lives together. A throng is a large crowd of people. An official pushed through the throng. When people throng somewhere, they go there in great numbers. The crowds thronged into the mall.

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   What is the adjective for thronged?

   • Pronunciation (US): • THRONGED (adjective) The adjective THRONGED has 1 sense: 1. filled with great numbers crowded together Familiarity information: THRONGED used as an adjective is very rare.

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   verb (used with object) to crowd or press upon; jostle. to fill or occupy with or as with a crowd: He thronged the picture with stars. to bring or drive together into or as into a crowd, heap, or collection. to fill by crowding or pressing into: They thronged the small room.

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   Check pronunciation: throng. Definition of throng verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   From Middle English throng, thrang, from Old English þrang, ġeþrang (“crowd, press, tumult”), from Proto-Germanic *þrangwą, *þrangwō (“throng”), from *þrangwaz (“pressing, narrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat; pound; hew; press”). Cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang. Compare also German Gedränge (“throng”).

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   (UK) enPR: thrŏng, IPA(key): /θɹɒŋ/

   (General American) enPR: thrông, IPA(key): /θɹɔŋ/

   Rhymes: -ɒŋ

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   throng (plural throngs) 1. A group of people crowded or gathered closely together. 1.1. Synonyms: crowd, multitude 1.1. 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost.[…], London: […] [Samuel Simmons],[…], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books:[…], London: Basil Montagu Pickering[…], 1873, →OCLC: 1.1.1. Not to know me argues yourselves u...

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   throng (third-person singular simple present throngs, present participle thronging, simple past and past participle thronged) 1. (transitive) To crowd into a place, especially to fill it. 1.1. 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court: 1.1.1. By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the prom...

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   throng (comparative more throng, superlative most throng) 1. (Northern England, Scotland) Filled with persons or objects; crowded. [from 16th c.] 1.1. 1882, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Ribblesdale”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published[…], London: Humphrey Milford, published 1918, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 54: 1.1....

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   throng meaning: 1. a large group of people 2. to be or go somewhere in very large numbers: . Learn more.

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   From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English throng1 /θrɒŋ $ θrɒːŋ/ noun [ countable] written a large group of people in one place SYN crowd She got lost in the throng. throng of a throng of excited spectators Examples from the Corpus throng • a throng of reporters • On December 22, Don Nicolas Bravo arrived, to be received by a great throng ...

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   Define throng. throng synonyms, throng pronunciation, throng translation, English dictionary definition of throng. 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.

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   The meaning of THRONG is a multitude of assembled persons. How to use throng in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Throng.