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    throng
    /θrɒŋ/

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

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  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. 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.

  8. 1. a great number of people gathered together; crowd. 2. a crowding together of people; crowded condition. 3. any great number of things massed or considered together; multitude. verb intransitive. 4. to gather together, move, or press in a throng.

  9. to be or go somewhere in very large numbers: drunken people thronging the streets. The street was thronged with shoppers and tourists. (Definition of throng from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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