Throng — Defs

01 n. A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.

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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.
“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.

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.

02 v. i. To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.

imp. & p. p. Thronged; p. pr. & vb. n. Thronging

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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.

03 v. t. To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.

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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.

04 a. Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy.

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Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
“To the intent the sick . . . should not lie too throng.” — Robynson (More's Utopia).