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Definition of Throng
1. Verb. Press tightly together or cram. "The streets throng with crowds"; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
Generic synonyms: Crowd, Crowd Together
Derivative terms: Mob, Pile, Pile
2. Noun. A large gathering of people.
Generic synonyms: Assemblage, Gathering
Specialized synonyms: Hive, Horde, Host, Legion, Herd, Ruck
Definition of Throng
1. n. A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.
2. v. i. To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.
3. v. t. To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.
4. a. Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy.
Definition of Throng
1. Noun. A group of people crowded or gathered closely together; a multitude. ¹
2. Noun. A group of things; a host or swarm. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To crowd into a place, especially to fill it. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To congregate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Throng
1. to crowd into [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Throng
Literary usage of Throng
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Der. throw, sb., thraw-er ; and see threa-d, throng. same V TARK, to turn, twist
violently (Fick, i. 597), are Goth.& thumb of a glove. ß. ..."
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