Throng

Definition of Throng

n.	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. 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.
v. i.	1.	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.] I have seen the dumb men throng to see him. - Shak.
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.
a.	1.	Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. To the intent the sick . . . should not lie too throng. - Robynson (More's Utopia).

Related Words

a mass of, a world of, abound with, army, assemblage, assemble, assembly, be alive with, bristle with, bunch, bunch up, burst with, clot, cloud, cluster, clutter, cohue, collect, collection, come together, congregate, congregation, converge, copulate, couple, covey, crawl with, creep with, crush, date, deluge, drove, fill, flight, flock, flock to, flock together, flocks, flood, flow together, forgather, fuse, galaxy, gang around, gang up, gather, gather around, gather in, gathering, group, hail, heap, herd, herd together, hive, huddle, jam, large amount, league, legion, link, lots, many, masses of, meet, merge, mill, muchness, multiply, multitude, muster, nest, numbers, overflow with, pack, panoply, plurality, pullulate with, push, quantities, quite a few, rally, rally around, rendezvous, rout, ruck, scores, seethe, shoal, spate, squash, stream, surge, swarm with, teem with, throng with, tidy sum, unite, worlds of

Browse

Thrivingness
Thro'
Throat
Throat brails
Throat halyards
Throat pipe
Throatband
Throatboll
Throating
Throatlatch
Throatwort
Throaty
Throb
Throdden
Throe
Thrombin
Thrombosis
Thrombus
Throne
Throneless
-Throng-
Throngly
Throp
Thropple
Throstle
Throstle cock
Throstling
Throttle
Throttle lever
Throttle valve
Throttler
Through
Through bolt
Through bridge
Through cold
Through stone
Through thick and thin
Through ticket
Through train
Throughly
Throughout

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

© 2014 Delaflex, Inc.Dictionary Home | Privacy Policy