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throng (t̸hrôŋ)

noun

  1. a great number of people gathered together; crowd
  2. a crowding together of people; crowded condition
  3. any great number of things massed or considered together; multitude

Etymology: ME < OE (ge)thrang (akin to Ger drang) < base of thringan, to press, crowd: for IE base see thrall

intransitive verb

to gather together, move, or press in a throng

transitive verb

  1. to crowd or press upon in large numbers
  2. to crowd into; fill with a multitude

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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