Category:Throng

Throng, n. Etym: [oe. þrong, þrang, as. geþrang, fr. þringan to Crowd, to press; akin to os. thringan, d. & g. dringen, ohg. dringan, Icel. þryngva, þröngva, goth. þriehan, d. & g. drang a throng, press, Icel. þröng a throng, lith. trenkti to jolt, tranksmas a tumult. Cf. Thring.]

1. 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.

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. 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.

Throng Throng, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Thronged; p. pr. & vb. n. Thronging.]

Defn: 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.

Throng Throng, v. t.

1. 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. Shak.

Throng Throng, a.

Defn: thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. [obs. or prov. Eng.] Bp. Sanderson. To the intent the sick. . . should not lie too throng. Robynson (more's utopia).