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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thring \Thring\, v. t. & i. [imp. {Throng}.] [AS. [thorn]ringan.
     See {Throng}.]
     To press, crowd, or throng. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Throng \Throng\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Thronged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Thronging}.]
     To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a
     multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.
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           I have seen the dumb men throng to see him. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Throng \Throng\, n. [OE. [thorn]rong, [thorn]rang, AS.
     ge[thorn]rang, fr. [thorn]ringan to crowd, to press; akin to
     OS. thringan, D. & G. dringen, OHG. dringan, Icel.
     [thorn]ryngva, [thorn]r["o]ngva, Goth. [thorn]riehan, D. & G.
     drang a throng, press, Icel. [thorn]r["o]ng 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.
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     2. A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.
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     Syn: {Throng}, {Multitude}, {Crowd}.
  
     Usage: 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.
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                  So, with this bold opposer rushes on
                  This many-headed monster, multitude. --Daniel.
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                  Not to know me argues yourselves unknown,
                  The lowest of your throng.        --Milton.
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                  I come from empty noise, and tasteless pomp,
                  From crowds that hide a monarch from himself.
                                                    --Johnson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Throng \Throng\, v. t.
     1. To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a
        crowd of living beings.
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              Much people followed him, and thronged him. --Mark
                                                    v. 24.
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     2. To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing
        into, as a hall or a street. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Throng \Throng\, a.
     Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. [Obs. or Prov.
     Eng.] --Bp. Sanderson.
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           To the intent the sick . . . should not lie too throng.
                                                    --Robynson
                                                    (More's
                                                    Utopia).
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  throng
       n : a large gathering of people [syn: {multitude}, {concourse}]
       v : press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the
           auditorium" [syn: {mob}, {pack}, {pile}, {jam}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  108 Moby Thesaurus words for "throng":
     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, congregate, congregation, converge,
     copulate, couple, covey, crawl with, creep with, crowd, crush,
     date, deluge, drove, fill, flight, flock, flock to, flock together,
     flocks, flood, flow together, forgather, fuse, galaxy, gang around,
     gang up, gather, gather around, gather in, gathering, group, hail,
     heap, herd, herd together, hive, horde, host, huddle, jam,
     large amount, league, legion, link, lots, many, mass, masses of,
     meet, merge, mill, mob, muchness, multiply, multitude, muster,
     nest, numbers, overflow with, pack, panoply, plurality, press,
     pullulate with, push, quantities, quite a few, rabble, rally,
     rally around, rendezvous, rout, ruck, scores, seethe, shoal, spate,
     squash, stream, surge, swarm, swarm with, teem with, throng with,
     tidy sum, unite, worlds of
  
  

















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