throng

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  1. noun A large group of people gathered or crowded closely together; a multitude. See Synonyms at crowd1.
  2. noun A large group of things; a host.
  3. transitive verb To crowd into; fill: commuters thronging the subway platform.
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  • I sensed that some in this throng were about to run out of juice, while others were as powerful as if they'd died yesterday, which maybe they had. —  Chance, Karen - Touch the Dark
  • One of the throng was the state highway commissioner and Helen knew Beau was using the opportunity to advance his plan to get new signage on the three exits that led to town. —  EQMM,December2006
  • Among the throng was a strong contingent of young men from Liskeard, a town three miles distant, between whom and the youth of Menheniot an ancient feud existed. —  The Life of George Borrow
  • He cut an unusual profile amidst the throng, which is perhaps what attracted a —  CFO.com: Today in Finance
  • In the throng was a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with a serious ailment involving frequent hemorrhage. —  Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern
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crowd ·  multitude ·  mob ·  procession ·  horde ·  swarm ·  assemblage ·  host ·  thousand ·  chorus ·  shout ·  concourse

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throng:   throngs
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English gethrang.

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  1. from Middle English throng, thrang, from Anglo-Saxon gethrang = Dutch drang = Middle High German dranc, German drang, throng, crowd, pressure (cf. Old High German gidrengi, Middle High German gedrenge, German gedränge, thronging, pressure, throng, crowd, tumult), = Icelandic thröng, throng, crowd; cf. Swedish trång = Danish trang, throng, = Gothic (Moesogothic) *thraihns, crowd, quantity (in faihuthraihns, riches); from Anglo-Saxon thringan (preterit thrang), press: see thiring. Cf. throng.
  2. from throngs, n.
  3. Scots also thrang; from Middle English *thrang, *throng, from Icelandic thröngr, thraungr, thrængr = Danish trang, narrow, close, tight, crowded, thronged; from the root of throng, thiring.
 

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