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• 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[ o]ngva, Goth. [thorn]riehan, D. & G. drang a throng, press,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• throng — [thrôŋ] n. [ME < OE (ge)thrang (akin to Ger drang) < base of thringan, to press, crowd: for IE base see THRALL] 1. a great number of people gathered together; crowd 2. a crowding together of people; crowded condition 3. any great number of… …   English World dictionary

• throng´er — throng «thrng, throng», noun, verb, adjective. –n. 1. a crowd; great number; multitude: »The streets were filled with throngs of people (Dickens). Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves are triumph and defeat (Longfellow) …   Useful english dictionary

• 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. [1913 Webster] I have seen the dumb men throng to see him.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• throng — /thrawng, throng/, n. 1. a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd. 2. a great number of things crowded or considered together: a throng of memories. 3. Chiefly Scot. pressure, as of work. v.i. 4. to assemble, collect, or go in… …   Universalium

• throng — I. noun Etymology: Middle English thrang, throng, from Old English thrang, gethrang; akin to Old English thringan to press, crowd, Old High German dringan, Lithuanian trenkti to jolt Date: before 12th century 1. a. a multitude of assembled… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• throng — Synonyms and related words: a mass of, a world of, abound with, army, assemblage, assemble, assembly, be alive with, bevy, bristle with, bunch, bunch up, burst with, clot, cloud, cluster, clutter, cohue, collect, collection, come together,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• throng — /θrɒŋ / (say throng) noun 1. a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; a crowd. 2. a great number of things crowded or considered together. –verb (i) 3. to assemble, collect, or go in large numbers; crowd. –verb (t) 4. to crowd or… …  

• throng — [13] The etymological notion underlying throng is of ‘pressing together’. It was borrowed from Old Norse throng ‘crowd’, which went back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *thringg ‘press’ (source also of German drang ‘crowd, pressure’… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• throng — [13] The etymological notion underlying throng is of ‘pressing together’. It was borrowed from Old Norse throng ‘crowd’, which went back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *thringg ‘press’ (source also of German drang ‘crowd, pressure’… …   Word origins

• throng — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. multitude, crowd, mob, horde; army, host. See assemblage. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. multitude, mass, concourse, press; see crowd 1 , gathering . See Synonym Study at crowd . III (Roget s 3… …   English dictionary for students