Thesaurus: throng

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1. imp. of Thring
2. n. A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.
3. n. A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.
4. v. i. To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.
5. v. t. To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.
6. v. t. To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street.
7. a. Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy.
8. n. a large gathering of people
9. v. press tightly together or cram
10. 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. 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. 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. 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).
11. To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as amultitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.I have seen the dumb men throng to see him. Shak.
12. v:15/n:85 v. press tightly together or cram