throng

  • 21throng — [13] The etymological notion underlying throng is of ‘pressing together’. It was borrowed from Old Norse throng ‘crowd’, which went back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *thringg ‘press’ (source also of German drang ‘crowd, pressure’… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 22throng — [θrɒŋ] noun [C] literary I a large crowd of people II verb [I/T] throng [θrɒŋ] if people throng somewhere, a lot of them go there …

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  • 23throng — [13] The etymological notion underlying throng is of ‘pressing together’. It was borrowed from Old Norse throng ‘crowd’, which went back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *thringg ‘press’ (source also of German drang ‘crowd, pressure’… …

    Word origins

  • 24throng — Synonyms and related words: a mass of, a world of, abound with, army, assemblage, assemble, assembly, be alive with, bevy, bristle with, bunch, bunch up, burst with, clot, cloud, cluster, clutter, cohue, collect, collection, come together,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25throng — 1. noun a throng of people blocked her way Syn: crowd, horde, mass, multitude, host, army, herd, flock, drove, swarm, mob, sea, troop, pack, crush; collection, company, gathering, assembly …

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  • 26throng — /θrɒŋ / (say throng) noun 1. a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; a crowd. 2. a great number of things crowded or considered together. –verb (i) 3. to assemble, collect, or go in large numbers; crowd. –verb (t) 4. to crowd or… …

  • 27throng —   Pū ulu, kūpina i.   See crowd.     To throng, ākoakoa, kūpipipi, kūpina i …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 28throng —  1) , VERY THRONG  busily employed. N.  2) a crowd of people. THRONGING, crowding. North …

    A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • 29throng — n. & v. n. 1 a crowd of people. 2 (often foll. by of) a multitude, esp. in a small space. v. 1 intr. come in great numbers (crowds thronged to the stadium). 2 tr. flock into or crowd round; fill with or as with a crowd (crowds thronged the… …

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  • 30throng with somebody — ˈthrong with sb/sth | be ˈthronged with sb/sth derived to be full of people, cars, etc • The cafes were thronging with students. • The streets were thronged with people. Main entry: ↑throngderived …

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