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    throng
    /THrôNG/

    noun

    • 1. a large, densely packed crowd of people or animals: "he pushed his way through the throng"

    verb

    • 1. (of a crowd) fill or be present in (a place or area): "a crowd thronged the station" Similar pack (into)cram (into)jamfill

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  2. The meaning of THRONG is a multitude of assembled persons. How to use throng in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Throng.

  3. THRONG definition: 1. a crowd or large group of people: 2. to be or go somewhere in very large numbers: 3. a crowd…. Learn more.

  4. verb (used with object) to crowd or press upon; jostle. to fill or occupy with or as with a crowd: He thronged the picture with stars. to bring or drive together into or as into a crowd, heap, or collection. to fill by crowding or pressing into: They thronged the small room.

  5. A throng is a crowd of people or animals. On the crowded platform, the throng of passengers attempted to push their way into the already overcrowded subway car.

  6. throng. verb [ I + adv/prep, T ] us / θrɑːŋ / uk / θrɒŋ / to be or go somewhere in very large numbers: Crowds thronged the market place. The narrow streets were thronged with summer visitors. [ + to infinitive ] Thousands of people thronged to see the exhibition while it was in the capital.

  7. throng. (θrɔŋ, θrɒŋ) n. 1. a multitude of people crowded together. 2. a great number of things crowded or considered together.

  8. 1.countable noun. A throng is a large crowd of people. [literary] An official pushed through the throng. Synonyms: crowd, mob, horde, press More Synonyms of throng. 2.verb. When people throng somewhere, they go there in great numbers. [literary] The crowds thronged into the mall. [V + to/into/around] ...the multitudes that throng around the Pope.

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