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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024throng /θrɔŋ, θrɑŋ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a great crowd of people:A throng of people surrounded the Pope.
v. - to assemble in large numbers;
crowd:[no object]A huge crowd thronged outside to see the accident. - to fill with or as if with a crowd:[~ + object]A huge crowd thronged downtown to protest his visit.
- to press upon;
jostle:[~ + object]The crowd thronged the movie star.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024throng (thrông, throng),USA pronunciation n. - a multitude of people crowded or assembled together;
crowd. - a great number of things crowded or considered together:a throng of memories.
- Scottish Terms[Chiefly Scot.]pressure, as of work.
v.i. - to assemble, collect, or go in large numbers;
crowd.
v.t. - 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.
adj. Scot. and North Eng. - Scottish Termsfilled with people or objects;
crowded. - Scottish Terms(of time) filled with things to do;
busy.
- bef. 1000; (noun, nominal) Middle English; Old English gethrang; cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang pressure, Old Norse thrǫng throng; (adjective, adjectival and verb, verbal) Middle English; akin to the noun, nominal; compare obsolete thring to press
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged horde, host; assemblage. See crowd. 1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: throng /θrɒŋ/ n - a great number of people or things crowded together
vb - to gather in or fill (a place) in large numbers; crowd
- (transitive) to hem in (a person); jostle
Etymology: Old English gethrang; related to Old Norse throng, Old High German drangōd |