THRONG

multitude, throng, concourse

(noun) a large gathering of people

throng, mob, pack, pile, jam

(verb) press tightly together or cram; “The crowd packed the auditorium”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

throng (plural throngs)

A group of people crowded or gathered closely together.

Synonyms: crowd, multitude

A group of things; a host or swarm.

Verb

throng (third-person singular simple present throngs, present participle thronging, simple past and past participle thronged)

(transitive) To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.

(intransitive) To congregate.

(transitive) To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.

Adjective

throng (comparative more throng, superlative most throng)

(Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) Filled with persons or objects; crowded.

(Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) Busy; hurried.

Source: Wiktionary

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

Definition: 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, 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, a.

Definition: 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).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition