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noun

Throng n.

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

A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.

Synonyms: 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. "So, with this bold opposer rushes on This many-headed monster, multitude." "Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng." "I come from empty noise, and tasteless pomp, From crowds that hide a monarch from himself."

verb

Throng v. t.

To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings. "Much people followed him, and thronged him."

To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street.

Throng v. i. (past & past part. thronged; pres. part. thronging) 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."

adjective

Throng adj. Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.) "To the intent the sick... should not lie too throng."

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Etymology of 'Throng'

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"Throng" Quotes from Famous Books

... sons of Priam. O that the word may be [far] from my ear! I dread lest brave Achilles, having already cut off noble Hector alone from the city, may drive him towards the plain, and even now have made him desist from the fatal valour which possessed him; for he never remained among the throng of warriors, but leaped out far before, yielding in ...

— The Iliad of Homer (1873) • Homer

... the reassuring answer reached the little throng upon the threshold, a murmur of relief went up, culminating in a ringing cheer as the news percolated through to the crowd which ...

— The Hermit of Far End • Margaret Pedler

... throng from Rome, the Eternal City! Her Coliseum and her Capitol are now two grains of sands that served once as a pedestal; but Death has swung his scythe: the monuments have fallen. Behold! At their head comes Nero, pride of my heart, the ...

— Three short works - The Dance of Death, The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller, A Simple Soul. • Gustave Flaubert

... passed, but low, muffled, rhythmic. Jones's sharp eye, through a peephole in the thicket, saw a cream-colored mustang bob over the knoll, carrying an Indian. Another and another, then a swiftly following, close-packed throng appeared. Bright red feathers and white gleamed; weapons glinted; gaunt, bronzed savage leaned ...

— The Last of the Plainsmen • Zane Grey

... with odorous blossoms tied into clusters and wreaths,—and there were countless numbers of curious little open square carts to which mules, wearing collars of bells, were harnessed, the tinkle- tinkle of their constant passage through the throng making incessant merry music. These vehicles bore the names of traders,— purveyors in wine and dealers in all sorts of provisions,—but with the exception of such necessary business caterers, the streets were full of elegant loungers of ...

— Ardath - The Story of a Dead Self • Marie Corelli

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